Nicole Scherzinger has apologized after facing backlash on social media Thursday evening after she posted a positive comment on an Instagram an post by Russell Brand in which he flashes a red hat reading "Make Jesus First Again.

Scherzinger is currently starring in 'Sunset Blvd.' on Broadway and her comments were met with a wave of outrage from the theater community.

Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow panelists on The View have defended Nicole Scherzinger after the former Pussycat Dolls star became embroiled in a controversy over Russell Brand’s Jesus hat.