{"id":13125,"date":"2026-07-22T02:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13125"},"modified":"2026-07-22T02:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:20:35","slug":"view-hosts-offer-rare-ben-shapiro-praise-over-the-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13125","title":{"rendered":"View Hosts Offer Rare Ben Shapiro Praise Over The Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>The hosts of<em> The View<\/em> found themselves in the unusual position of being aligned with <strong>Ben Shapiro<\/strong>, pulling out a clip of the Daily Wire founder to blast right-wing backlash to <em>The Odyssey<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The View<\/em><\/a>, the hosts covered conservative critics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tom-holland-is-such-a-cck-elon-musk-gets-in-nasty-spat-over-the-odyssey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, \u201closing their minds\u201d over <strong>Christopher Nolan\u2019s<\/strong> new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/the-odyssey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">film<\/a> and the casting of transgender actor <strong>Elliot Page<\/strong> and Black actress <strong>Lupita Nyong\u2019o<\/strong> as Helen of Troy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whoopi Goldberg<\/strong> opened the segment by running a clip of Shapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/ben-shapiro-tells-right-wing-critics-of-the-odyssey-they-are-dead-wrong-the-movie-is-a-masterpiece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushing back<\/a> against conservative critics and praising <em>The Odyssey<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently conservative critics are losing their minds over the cast of the Christopher Nolan epic <em>The Odyssey<\/em>. They were doing that even before it came out, but now that is number one at the box office. Some of them are still trashing the movie, but others like radio host and podcaster Ben Shapiro are giving credit where credit is due,\u201d Goldberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro called the casting of Page \u201cstupid,\u201d but praised Nolan as \u201cunparalelled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople on the right were saying, oh, the movie\u2019s going to bomb because of that. No, it\u2019s not going to because of it turns out that when people want to be entertained, they are willing to entertain even bad flaws in the tooth if it turns out that smile is nice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg said \u201ca lot\u201d of conservatives who see the film are \u201cgoing to feel the same way\u201d as Shapiro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/strong> added that the movie\u2019s box office success \u2014 it had the largest opening for a live action film with more than $120 million domestic \u2014 proves \u201cTwitter is not real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI swear, watching this, you would think this is one of the worst films ever made. Newsflash, it is a masterpiece. This is a phenomenal film,\u201d she said, adding that the adaptation has a \u201creal conservative message\u201d about family and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sara Haines<\/strong> agreed and also praised the film as a \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a unique ignorance to someone who comments on something they\u2019ve never seen. You\u2019re taught from a young age, do your research, learn, and then you can join the conversation. But it\u2019s like not voting and then complaining about what you get. You cannot not see the film and complain about how awful it is when you haven\u2019t seen the film,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via <a href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/show\/70207ea9-cb32-454b-a519-b40106227e32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hosts of The View found themselves in the unusual position of being aligned with Ben Shapiro, pulling out a clip of the Daily Wire founder to blast right-wing backlash to The Odyssey. 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