Rachel Bilson Responds to Whoopi Goldberg Slamming Her Comments on Judging a Man's 'Body Count'

Rachel Bilson is clearing the air after she was slammed by Whoopi Goldberg for comments she made on her podcast.

The 42-year-old Hart of Dixie and The O.C. actress was having a discussion on her Broad Ideas podcast about meeting new romantic interests and learning about the amount of sexual partners they’ve had.

Whoopi was not a fan of the comments and made it known on the latest episode of The View. Rachel has since responded.

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On the podcast, Rachel originally said, “This is going to sound so judgmental, but if a dude’s, like, in his 40s and he’s, like, slept with, like, four women… But it all depends. Maybe he’s been in, like, decade[-long] relationships. Totally respectable.”

Rachel knew that she made a mistake with her comment and quickly clarified on the podcast, “No, I don’t know, it’s not fair for me to say either way… a person is a person.”

After hearing about the comments on the Thursday (October 5) episode of The View, Whoopi said, “I’m sorry, I think it’s very odd that you’re concerned that he’s had sexual partners — any sexual partners. Why is it your business?”

She added, “Listen, men, traditionally, were taught to have many sexual partners. That’s how it was. Men could go and do whatever they wanted to do, and women were not supposed to. Now, that has been shifting, and young women have been bitching about, you know, ‘Why are you telling me what I should be [doing?]’ Now, it’s happening [the other way around], and you’re mad. I don’t understand… If he’s happy with you and you’re having a good time, why are you bitching?”

Rachel released a statement to EW in response.

“I want to say that I’ve been a fan of Whoopi‘s for a very long time, so when I saw the tagline that she criticized something I said, I of course was concerned,” she said. “We make it a very safe open place to discuss anything, and we were just talking. I have the power to edit our podcast, and I chose to keep the conversation as a whole in, because a lot of the time in life, you say something, and maybe you have a minute and you reflect on it… The point I get across is that it doesn’t matter, and maybe in the past I would’ve looked at it [judgmentally], but I wouldn’t do that anymore. I made it clear that I don’t want to sound judgmental, it was important that that point get across, not what I said initially.”

Rachel recently revealed how a friend ruined her chances at a date with Justin Timberlake.