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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to fights, Whoopi Goldberg believes in tit for tat regardless of gender. \"If you hit anybody, they have the right to hit you back,\" she said Thursday on a video posted on her Facebook page. \"This idea that men aren't supposed to hit women \u2014 if you slap a man he has the right to slap you back. Now, not everyone is going to agree and I'm OK with that. But that's how I feel. That's why I don't slap anybody.\"The clarification came after Goldberg received some backlash for remarks she made on The View\u00A0on Tuesday regarding the Solange/Jay Z elevator fight. She told the group, \"Solange was quite ready for him to do whatever he was going to do.\u00A0This is the thing: If anybody hits you, you have the right. I know that many people are raised in a different way \u2014 but if a woman hits you, to me, you have the right to hit her back.\"Those beliefs, however, weren't a recommendation for Jay Z to throw a punch that night. \"I didn't say Jay Z should have hit Solange,\" Goldberg pointed out in her video. \"I said if you hit a man that man has the right to hit you back. That's what I said. I stand by that.\" RELATED: Why Solange's Apparent Elevator Attack Is No Laughing MatterBREAKING: Beyonc\u00E9\u00A0and Jay Z Break Silence Regarding Elevator FightSolange Reportedly Fought With Rachel Roy at the Met Gala TooFollow Alyssa on Twitter.Photo credit: ABC"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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