{"id":4280,"date":"2026-06-01T20:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-joy-behar-is-absent-from-the-view\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:49:17","slug":"why-joy-behar-is-absent-from-the-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-joy-behar-is-absent-from-the-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Joy Behar is absent from &#8216;The View&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128881852.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joy Behar is stepping away from the \u201cHot Topics\u201d table \u2014 temporarily, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Though the comedian typically doesn\u2019t appear on Monday episodes of \u201cThe View,\u201d the June 1 airing marked the beginning of her two-week absence from the daily talk show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of media attention on me lately because I\u2019m taking off the next two weeks,\u201d Behar said on the May 29 episode. \u201cThey\u2019re calling it a hiatus. It\u2019s not a hiatus.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Joy Behar (seen above during a May appearance on the \u201cBehind the Table\u201d podcast) is absent from \u201cThe View\u201d for two weeks due a trip to Paris and putting on her play in London. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The comedian (pictured on the podcast again) told Brian Teta she\u2019d also be playwriting in \u201cvarious cafes\u201d in Paris and taking her play \u201cMy First Ex-Husband\u201d to the West End. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m working,\u201d she explained. \u201cI have a planned trip overseas next week to work on my play, \u2018My First Ex-Husband,\u2019 in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This echoed what Behar had previously shared on the May 26 episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2CmP0Fcp_Lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBehind the Table\u201d podcast<\/a> when she told , \u201cI fly to Paris this week, and then I go take the tunnel to London after a week,\u201d she told \u201cThe View\u201d executive producer Brian Teta.<\/p>\n<p>The co-host shared that during her week in London she\u2019d be putting on her play, \u201cMy First Ex-Husband,\u201d on the West End, noting Jackie Hoffman and two British actors would be joining her in the cast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Teta said \u201cvarious folks\u201d would be filling in for Behar (pictured here on \u201cThe View\u201d) during her two-week planned absence, including Sheryl Underwood and Kara Swisher. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Co-star Whoopi Goldberg (seen above with the show\u2019s cast) is set to fill in, too. <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The show, which comically tackles themes like marriage and divorce, previously debuted Off-Broadway in New York in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Behar said her week in the City of Love will be spent on playwriting \u201cin various cafes\u201d and checking out some art exhibits, including one featuring Matisse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t that sound like fun,\u201d the TV personality, 83, gushed of the sojourn.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Behar (pictured here on \u201cThe View\u201d) previously missed two shows in 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Goldberg explained at the time that Behar (seen here on \u201cThe View\u201d) had injured her foot. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Teta then explained that \u201cvarious folks\u201d would be filling in for the talk show icon during her two-week hiatus, including Sheryl Underwood, fresh off the Kevin Hart roast special, and Kara Swisher, whom he said \u201cis very funny and smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoopi is going to be here on Fridays,\u201d Teta quipped, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t think she knows that. I\u2019ll let her know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Behar, who has been part of \u201cThe View\u201d since the show began in 1997 save for two seasons, previously <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/12\/entertainment\/why-joy-behar-has-been-absent-from-the-view\/\">alarmed fans with an unplanned two-episode absence<\/a> from the show in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg explained at the time that Behar had \u201churt her foot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/why-joy-behar-is-absent-from-the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy Behar is stepping away from the \u201cHot Topics\u201d table \u2014 temporarily, of course. 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