Bakery hits back at Whoopi Goldberg’s claims that it refused to serve her over political views

A New York bakery has responded to Whoopi Goldberg’s claims that it refused to serve her because of her political beliefs.

The View talk show host celebrated her 69th birthday on Wednesday with co-hosts Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Joy Behar and Sara Haines by bringing along a slew of delectable treats.

Despite showing off the sweet desserts, which came from Holtermann’s Bakery on Staten Island, Whoopi admitted she was left with a bad taste in her mouth for the 145-year-old company, claiming they initially denied her service because of her political views .

But now, following the shocking on-air allegations, bakery owner Jill Holtermann has hit back at the claims and shared the real reason why she didn’t promise to fulfill the order.

While you’re talking to Entertainment weeklyJill denied indications that she could not complete the order due to Whoopi’s left-wing political views, claiming the truth was that the bakery was having equipment problems.

She noted that Whoopi had requested the Charlotte Russe dessert, a sponge cake with whipped cream and a cherry, for a Nov. 6-13 talk show.

However, due to ongoing problems with the equipment, Jill revealed that she did not want to make any promises.

“They asked us and we were having problems with our boilers,” she said.

Jill noted that she “didn’t want to make a commitment that I can’t keep.”

The cake expert confirmed she was eventually able to make around 50 treats, which an unidentified woman collected at 7.30am on Wednesday.

Jill explained that she did not want to pre-book the order because the building she works in is old and there are often technical problems.

She told the outlet, “I told Whoopi, ‘I can’t do it right now. We have so many things going on with my boiler,’ because the building is from 1930, so when she called me I had no idea [if we could] I’m baking everything.’

The Treat Pro insisted that her initial refusal had nothing to do with Whoopi’s political beliefs.

The View talk show host celebrated her 69th birthday on Wednesday with co-hosts Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Joy Behar and Sara Haines

Despite showing off the sweet desserts, which came from Holtermann’s Bakery on Staten Island, Whoopi admitted she was left with a bad taste in her mouth.

But now, following the shocking on-air allegations, bakery owner Jill Holtermann has hit back at the claims and shared the real reason why she didn’t promise to fulfill the order.

On today’s episode of the show, Whoopi celebrated her birthday with her co-hosts.

As she brought out the cakes she said, “My birthday dessert today was one of my mom’s favorites when she was little, she talked about them all the time, they’re called Charlotte Russe.

‘It’s a sponge cake with whipped cream and a cherry on top. I have to tell you that Charlotte Russe has no political affiliations. The place that made these refused to make them for me.

‘They said their ovens were broken, but people went to get them anyway, so I won’t say who made them. It’s not… because I’m a woman, but maybe they didn’t like my politics.

“But that’s okay, because you know what, listen, this is my mom’s party. Pick this up and celebrate with me and my mom. Thank you everyone for celebrating my birthday today.”

Whoopi has never been shy when it comes to publicly sharing her political beliefs and she still refuses to say Donald Trump’s name despite his election victory, which her co-hosts have blamed on “uneducated white women.”