Michael Rapaport blasted with snowball during Instagram live rant about Whoopi Goldberg
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Comedian Michael Rapaport was interrupted during one of his signature video rants this week by a snowball to the face, according to a video he posted on Thursday, as the 51-year-old entertainer held forth about the recent Whoopi Goldberg Holocaust controversy. “This whole crap with this cancel culture,” Mr Rapaport begins to say, before a snowball comes flying into the frame and the phone appears to fall from the comedian’s hands. I’m very upset by this.” The video, which has since been viewed millions of times, first aired on Mr Rapaport’s Instagram live, where he discussed Goldberg, who was suspended from The View for two weeks after claiming the Holocaust was not about race, but rather about “man’s inhumanity to man” last month. Ms Goldberg has apologised, writing in a statement “I stand corrected,” and that “the Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never waiver.” The snowball incident is likely going to be added to the list of outrages for Mr Rapaport, who is known for filming videos about crime and other facets of life in New York.