The View hosts clash over film casting backlash and Nazi-linked candidate controversy

On Tuesday, ABC’s talk‑show *The View* aired a segment that featured a clip of Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro praising Christopher Nolan’s new film *The Odyssey* and pushing back against conservative criticism of its casting of trans actor Elliot Page and Black actress Lupita Nyong’o. Whoopi Goldberg introduced the clip, and Shapiro called the casting “stupid” while still lauding Nolan’s work, noting that the movie achieved the largest opening for a live‑action film with over $120 million domestic, suggesting critics were “wrong.”

In a separate broadcast, co‑host Alyssa Farah Griffin rebuked fellow panelists for defending Graham Platner, a political candidate whose Nazi‑linked tattoo and multiple sexual‑abuse allegations were drawing scrutiny. Griffin warned that such support could hinder Democratic prospects in the Maine Senate race. Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg responded, with Hostin saying she was unaware of the tattoo’s meaning and Goldberg claiming she had not been informed about its Nazi connotation.