In a stunning reversal, the Department of Government Expenditures (DOGE) has announced that it is rescinding a $19 million grant that was allegedly awarded to actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg for her role in “promoting diversity” on The View. The decision comes after an internal audit uncovered “questionable expenditures” linked to the grant, prompting a full-scale review.

According to DOGE spokesperson Art Tubolls, the grant was part of a broader initiative to support media representation and inclusion efforts across television programming. However, recent findings suggested that the funds may have been misallocated, leading the agency to take immediate action.

“While we support initiatives that promote diverse voices in media, we have a duty to ensure taxpayer dollars are used appropriately,” Tubolls stated. “This grant did not meet the necessary criteria for government funding, and as such, we are moving to reclaim the full amount.”

A Comically Expensive Mistake

Of course, as with most things involving DOGE, there was just one small problem—the entire ordeal was a clerical error caused by a misplaced decimal point.

The so-called “$19 million grant” was, in reality, a $9 reimbursement issued to Goldberg after she expensed a pumpkin spice latte from a New York City café. Due to a typo in DOGE’s financial records, that modest reimbursement accidentally ballooned into a multi-million dollar expenditure, prompting a full-blown investigation into a completely imaginary scandal.

The barista who served Goldberg the now-infamous latte? None other than Joe Barron, a college student who had no idea he was about to be swept into a federal accounting debacle.

“She came in, ordered a latte, paid for it, and left,” Barron recalled. “It was, like, the least dramatic thing ever. But sure, let’s pretend it’s some massive conspiracy.”

A Bureaucratic Masterpiece

DOGE, now embarrassed by the error, has quietly updated its records but has yet to issue an official apology to Goldberg, who only found out about the situation when reporters started asking why the government thought she was sitting on $19 million in taxpayer funds.

“Wait, what? Where’s my $19 million?!” Goldberg joked on The View when asked about the fiasco. “I was gonna use that for my yacht! Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to keep working.”

Meanwhile, DOGE insists that the issue is fully resolved, though critics argue that this perfectly sums up the agency’s unique ability to mismanage money while investigating its own mistakes. As for the $9 in question, Goldberg has reportedly decided to donate it back to DOGE to help fund “future typo corrections.”