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‘The View’ hosts slam Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ song: It is ‘deplorable,’ he has ‘gone too far’

Jason Aldean’s dubious melody “Attempt That in an Unassuming community” has been rammed by the “View” has as “miserable.”

Thursday’s discussion was driven by Whoopi Goldberg, who got down on the nation artist’s utilization of symbolism in the music video, which showed conflicts between People of color Matter protestors and police during the 2020 fights.

“He discusses life in a humble community, and it’s unique, and he picked these pictures,” Goldberg, 67, said.

“He has people from the People of color Matter development, and he’s discussing individuals dealing with one another, and I find it so fascinating that it never happened to Jason or the journalists that that is the thing these people were doing: They were dealing with individuals in their town since they could have done without what they saw.”

The “Sister Act” star added, “You just have to realize that when you make it about Black Lives Matter, people kind of say, ‘Well, are you talking about Black people? What are you talking about here?’”

For Sunny Hostin, the song reminded her of stories she heard from her parents, who used to live in South Carolina.

“My mother and father, because they were an interracial couple, were run out of South Carolina by the KKK,” she explained. “My father is still scarred from that experience … so don’t tell me that not only was he aware of what he was doing by using that imagery, he embraces that imagery.”

Whoopi Goldberg suggested the country singer went “too far” with the music video, which included footage of Black Lives Matter protests.

“Unfortunately, this became the No. 1 song on U.S. iTunes. We have a problem in this country about race, and the biggest problem is we refuse to admit that it exists,” Hostin, 54, continued.

Despite calling the song “divisive,” Joy Behar defended Aldean’s right to artistic expression.

“I defend his right to this video, because they can’t censor me, they can’t censor him,” Behar, 80, said.

Alyssa Farah Griffin also said she didn’t believe the “Dirt Road Anthem” singer was intentionally trying to “stoke division.”

“When you make it about Black Lives Matter, people kind of say, ‘Well, are you talking about Black people?’” Goldberg said.YouTube/@TheView

Joy Behar said has a “right” to release the music video.YouTube/@TheView

The talk show hosts also addressed Aldean’s statement denying allegations that the music video was “pro-lynching.”

“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,” the country singer tweeted Tuesday.

“These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.”

The musician denied accusations of making a “pro-lynching” song Tuesday.Getty Images for ACM

He continued, “There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.”

Goldberg swiftly called out the “Burnin’ It Down” hitmaker once again, saying, “It does go too far? You’ve gone too far.”

Aldean’s contentious music video, which was released on July 14, was pulled from rotation on CMT amid accusations of being racist.

“These references are not only meritless, but dangerous,” he said.Getty Images

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