'Not everybody gets a prize': Whoopi Goldberg says Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig were not snubbed at Oscars

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Whoopi Goldberg has a message for those who are upset about the Oscars 2024 nominations: “Not everybody gets a prize.”

'The View' co-host defended the Academy’s choices and said that 'Barbie' star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were not snubbed, but simply did not get enough votes.

Whoopi Goldberg explains how the Oscars voting works

Goldberg, who won Oscars for Best Supporting Actress in 1990’s 'Ghost', said on Wednesday’s episode of 'The View', as reported by People, that the nominations are not decided by the elites, but by the entire family of the Academy.

“We all vote for Best Picture, everybody,” she said, adding “So there are seven to 10 nominations that happen, and you don’t get everything that you want to get.”

She added that the movies that the public loves may not be loved by the people who are voting. “There are no snubs, and that’s what you have to keep in mind: Not everybody gets a prize,” she said, adding "The movies you love may not be loved by the people who are voting."

Alyssa Farah Griffin suggests a sequel idea for 'Barbie'

However, their fellow co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was not happy about the exclusion of Robbie and Gerwig from the Best Actress and Best Director categories.

She asked if the Academy missed the "whole moral of the story of 'Barbie'?" which was the highest-grossing movie of 2023 with over a billion dollars at the box office.

“Of course, we celebrate just Ken and not the woman who is the lead it in and the icon in it?” she said.

“But actually, I think this could give Greta an idea for a sequel. Barbie goes to Hollywood and is snubbed by the elites who chose Ken over her. So just throwing that out there for an idea,” she added.

She also urged the studios to hire more female directors if they want to produce blockbusters. “We’re half the population; we turn out, we want to see these,” she said.

Ryan Gosling and Ferrera support Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig

Despite not being nominated for Best Actress, Robbie is still in the running for Oscars as a co-producer of 'Barbie' which is nominated for Best Picture.

She also received acting nods at both the Golden Globes Awards and Critics Choice Awards for her lead role in the film. Besides, Gerwig has become the first woman director to have three Best Picture nominees.

Following the Oscars nominations announcement on Tuesday, January 23, her co-star Ryan Gosling, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, issued a statement in support of Robbie and Gerwig.

“To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement," he said.

He added that there is “no Ken without 'Barbie'. And there is no 'Barbie' movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie.” He praised them as "the two people most responsible for this history-making globally celebrated film.”

Ferrera, who played Gloria in the film, also expressed her disappointment that her fellow female colleagues did not receive mentions. She said that she was “incredibly disappointed” and that they deserved recognition for their work.