When Joy Behar made a shocking admission about her background on The View, Whoopi Goldberg couldn’t contain her laughter. In 2013, Behar, one of the original co-hosts of the renowned show, revealed that she was “happy” to be let go.
Behar, who has been with the show since its inception with Barbara Walters in 1997, re-examined a 2022 interview with Time magazine in which she publicly voiced her happiness at leaving the talk-show circus as the Hot Topics blazed on the program.
“I’ve always believed in having friends at work, and if there are no friends around, I won’t stick around,” Behar said. “So, when I got fired from this show last time, people asked, ‘Were you okay with that?’ And guess what? I was happy! All my pals had already bid farewell, so why stay? It’s as simple as that.”
Whoopi, a mainstay on The View when Behar made her exit, couldn’t believe it. “Really? All your friends left?” she asked, leaving the audience in speechless silence.
The Oscar-winning comedian then took the stage with a mock quivering lip and pretended to cry. “No worries, folks, I’m good,” she said.
“You had just joined, and my backstage friends were long gone. And I’m not one to work without friends,” Behar clarified, with Goldberg chiming in that their friendship goes way back and she was just pulling her friend’s leg.
The dynamic duo had been the face of The View for a considerable time before Behar’s initial departure in 2013. The 80-year-old cohost made a triumphant return in 2015, juggling two solo talk shows on other networks: The Joy Behar Show, running from 2009 to 2011, and Joy Behar: Say Anything! in 2012.
Behar’s opinions often ruffle feathers among conservative viewers, but she made it clear on the latest broadcast that she’s not budging an inch.
“I share a common thread with Joe Biden. For the next four years, do you believe I won’t be able to manage my job? “Of course I can,” Behar said with assurance, to the audience’s cheers. “As for the haters, they can find something else to do, because I’m not vacating this seat anytime soon.”
The View’s dynamic universe seems to be dominated by drama and friendship, which keeps viewers captivated by the daytime talk show’s rollercoaster.
