Fans of “The View” are wondering why Joy Behar has been missing as they are used to seeing her smiling face alongside costars Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
However, Behar has been absent from the morning show for the last three days.
Why Joy Behar Missed the View
While Behar’s normal day off is typically Monday, she was also absent for the Tuesday, November 11, and Wednesday, November 12, taping of the talk show.
Cohost Goldberg addressed Behar’s absence during the Wednesday episode, telling the audience that Behar sustained an injury.
“Well, hello, hello, hello, and welcome to The View, y’all,” Goldberg said at the top of the show, according to Entertainment Weekly. “Now, Joy is out because she hurt her foot, and hopefully she’ll be back here tomorrow.”
While her cohosts were anticipating her return during the Wednesday episode, as Goldberg remarked on Tuesday, they are now hoping for a quick recovery and for Behar’s return on Thursday, November 13.
Earlier this summer, Goldberg addressed another of Behar’s mysterious absences.
“So Joy is out today, possibly be back tomorrow. But who can say? Who can say?” she said during the July 15 episode, remaining vague on the reason Behar was missing, according to TV Insider. “If she’s not, she’ll be back the day after, because she’ll be back.”
Joy Behar Is a Fixture on ‘The View’
The comedian, 83, has been a fixture on The View for nearly three decades. She’s the longest-running cohost of the series, having joined during it’s premiere season in 1997.
At the time, Behar sat around the table with Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Barbara Walters.
Having only missed two seasons out of the 29 (so far), it’s rare to catch an episode of the daytime talk show without Behar.
She recently opened up about the possibility of retiring.
“Creative people don’t really retire,” she said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on September 9.
“When Phyllis Diller, who’s one of my idols, when she was in her 80s and later, she said to me, ‘I tried writing. It didn’t work. So, I started painting,'” Behar shared, explaining how she loves to “write and create stuff” but hasn’t “had time to paint.” “And when I went to visit her, she had her paintings all over the house with price tags on them. So, creative people don’t retire. They don’t resign. They just keep going.”
