Whoopi Goldberg Defends Her Friend Mel Gibson

Whoopi Goldberg thinks longtime friend Mel Gibson is not a racist - he's just a "bonehead.

" Despite Gibson's profanity-laced, racially charged tirade during a secretely taped phone conversation with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, Goldberg defended her friend on Monday's episode of "The View."

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