Joy Behar revealed on the Behind the Table podcast on Tuesday that she will be missing a few upcoming episodes of The View.
The longtime co-host discussed the news with show producer Brian Teta, explaining that she’s traveling across the pond with her New York City play My First Ex-Husband.
“This is your last podcast for a little bit, because next week you’re not going to be here. Are we talking about this?” Teta said, to which Behar responded, “Well, they made me bank the weekend shows even though I’m not here. You better tell people why I’m not [going to be on the show].”
“I fly to Paris this week, and then I go take the tunnel to London after a week, and I’ll be in London a second week doing my play, My First Ex-Husband, at the Boulevard Theatre in the West End,” she added. “We have Jackie Hoffman and I being the two American women talking, then we have two British actresses. Doesn’t that sound like fun?”
Teta confirmed a few of the people who will be stepping in for Behar, including Sheryl Underwood and Kara Swisher. He also said that Ana Navarro, a current co-host of The View, will step in for a few days, as will Whoopi Goldberg on Friday shows.
“I don’t think she knows yet, but I’ll let her know that she’s going to be here,” Teta added, in reference to Goldberg typically having the final day of the work week off.
The View has faced criticism from the FCC in recent months, after the organization initiated an investigation into its alleged violations of political equal time rules. ABC has fired back in support of the show, arguing that the investigation is “unprecedented” and a threat to free speech.
Brendan Carr and the FCC have argued that talk shows, including The View and others, such as Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show, do not qualify for regulatory exemptions that allow said programs to discuss political candidates without having to meet certain requirements. This marks a shift in how talk shows have long qualified for the equal opportunities exemption as a bona fide news interview (which began when Jay Leno’s Tonight Show in 1996 was granted said exemption in 1996).
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