Whoopi Goldberg has said that a woman who was slapped by a man during a New York subway brawl should have expected it.
Danay Howard was filmed taunting Jorge Pena, before she eventually strikes him round the head with a high-heeled shoe. He retaliates by slapping her round the face.
Another passenger jumps in on the fight, which descended into a rowdy fight. The film, recorded on a phone and called 'Man smacks the soul out of girl on the NY Subway', was shared on YouTube and quickly went viral. Since being posted last weekend, it has been watched by over 5 million viewers.
However, Goldberg has suggested that Howard deserved to be slapped. Talking on US show The View with co-host Rosie Perez and guest host singer Ashanti, she said that women should not automatically assume that if they are violent towards a man that the man in question will not reciprocate.