Joy Behar hasn’t been on The View in weeks. She suffered a serious injury backstage at the end of September. The remaining hosts and returning guest hosts have it covered, but fans still feel something is missing. They’re heartbroken and struggling with the “missing piece” gone. Keep reading for more detail about her prolonged absence.
Joy Behar ‘Still Healing’ After Injury
Joy Behar has missed three weeks ofThe View and counting. Sunny Hostin announced on October 1 that her co-host had dislocated her shoulder after falling backstage. Sara Haines usually escorts Joy to her seat at the “Hot Topics” table. However, Joy Behar reportedly tripped on something backstage and suffered an injury.
Her return has been postponed at least twice so far. She released a statement through Whoopi Goldberg sharing that her age was slowing the recovery. Joy Behar turned 84 in October but wasn’t in the studio to celebrate.
Now, she’s missed Sunny Hostin’s birthday celebration. “So, Joy is still out healing up. I know, I know, she’s still healing,” Whoopi Goldberg told the audience on Tuesday, October 20. “But, she made a big deal calling people in the dead of night, saying, ‘You make sure that you wish Sunny a happy birthday from me.’”
Sunny Hostin was touched that Joy Behar remembered her birthday. She admitted that she missed her co-host so much. Everyone does, including viewers at home. Joy Behar’s return date hasn’t been revealed, but hopefully she’ll be back soon.
The View Fans Struggling Amid Absence, ‘Missing Piece’
Joy Behar has been onThe View since the beginning, except for two seasons when she sat out due to alleged stalled contract negotiations. She returned in 2015 and has only briefly stepped away since then for other opportunities or health reasons. Longtime fans of the show are really feeling her absence. One fan took to Reddit to discuss how Joy’s absence has affected the show.
- “I just have to say, after watching these past few weeks, I really feel Joy is the piece of the puzzle that makes this show work. She just brings something to the show that nobody can replicate.”
Fans flooded the comments, mostly in agreement. Joy Behar is clearly loved by her co-hosts and viewers.
- “Joy is the heart of the show for me. She is the throughline since the beginning and she has humane opinions but is rarely disagreeable.”
- “Joy is genuinely funny and she has brains to boot.”
- “It’s going to be very tough to replace her and that day is certainly coming unfortunately.”
- “Joy IS the show.”
- “She is really really missed . I wish they would tell us the truth of how she is”
- “The day she retires will be a very sad day”
- “I haven’t tuned in as much as I normally do. She is a missing piece.”
Joy Behar has said time and time again that she’ll never retire. However, some comments speculated that she might leave after this season. Do you agree that she’s the “missing piece” on the daytime talk show? Let us know.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger