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co-host, with the borough president now demanding she publicly apologize for claiming the bakery refused to serve her based on her politics.
Borough president Vito Fossella blasted Whoopi Goldberg during a press conference held outside Holtermann’s Bakery on Friday, though he didn’t use Goldberg’s name. “Recently someone took to the national airwaves and defamed, frankly, this family business,” he said. “We’re here to stand up for one of the best families and businesses, not just in Staten Island but in the country.”
He added: “Frankly, the people who defamed the Holtermann family should apologize … for making stuff up to suit their needs. Not everybody wakes up every day and thinks about politics.”earlier this week to accuse an unspecified bakery on Staten Island of declining her service based on her political beliefs. Goldberg said she had put in a large order of Charlotte Russe cakes, but was told “their ovens had gone down.
The bakery has adamantly denied Goldberg’s accusation, saying they were having mechanical issues with their 60-year-old boiler when Goldberg initially tried to place the November 13 order so she could celebrate her 69th birthday on-air — and that Goldberg’s political beliefs had nothing to do with it., which has found itself in hot water a number of the times in the past for comments made by its hosts.
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