Joy Behar missed Thursday’s episode of “The View” after dislocating her shoulder backstage, a setback her rep says will keep the 83-year-old co-host out until mid next week.
The longtime panelist caught a heel behind the scenes, left the show short-handed, and joined moderator Whoopi Goldberg on the sidelines while the remaining hosts carried the broadcast.
Behar’s representative told Page Six the injury looked worse than it was. The shoulder was not broken, was put back in place, and Behar is already looking ahead to her return.
“Joy caught a heel backstage but is on the mend and should be back on the show mid next week,” the rep said.
“Her shoulder wasn’t broken and is back in place and she is excited to be back at the table as quickly as possible.”
Sunny Hostin opened the hour by spelling out the absences for viewers. Goldberg remained away filming a movie. Behar’s shoulder injury made it a double no-show for two of the show’s most familiar voices.
“So, Whoopi [Goldberg] is still out filming a movie,” Hostin said. “And, unfortunately, our dear friend Joy dislocated her shoulder.” She added that Behar is recovering “and will be back soon.”
With Goldberg gone, Hostin slid into the moderator seat. At 57, she joked about the role after someone floated her as the “next oldest” option on the set.
“Or, let’s say, seasoned. I like seasoned better!” Hostin said.
The Thursday lineup mixed regulars and a guest. Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin joined Hostin. Sherri Shepherd sat in as guest host. Farah Griffin sized up the group on air and liked what she saw.
“This is a squad right here,” she said. “I like this.”
Even a patched-together panel still draws attention on a show that thrives on sharp exchanges, including past on-air friction when Joy Behar confronts Sunny Hostin over industry deals that sideline working actors.
Thursday’s absence was not Behar’s first long break this year. She already stepped away for two weeks in June to stage her play “My First Ex-Husband” in London. The show had debuted off-Broadway in February 2025.
Before that trip she pushed back on the idea that she was taking a “hiatus,” framing the time off as work, not retreat. On a May 26 episode of the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast, she described plans to stop in Paris first to visit cafes and see exhibits, then head to London.
After the UK run she returned with a blunt review of the material’s reception abroad: “Turns out women all over the world hate their husbands.” She also said, “Everybody loved it,” and called the experience “great.”
Behar has been part of “The View” since it launched in 1997, aside from two seasons away. That kind of tenure keeps her central to the brand even when she is missing from the set, much like ongoing interest in how Whoopi Goldberg earns millions on The View compared with other voices at the same table.
Goldberg’s movie shoot and Behar’s shoulder left the Thursday broadcast without two of its steadiest liberal fixtures. The remaining hosts and Shepherd filled the hour, but the pattern of absences is hard to miss on a program that sells itself as a daily must-watch political conversation.
Farah Griffin has not been shy about challenging her colleagues when the panel drifts, including the moment Alyssa Farah Griffin confronts ‘View’ co-hosts over political company they kept. Those clashes only land when the full cast is present.
Hostin, for her part, stays in the headlines on and off the set. Separate coverage has examined how bodycam footage shows Sunny Hostin handling a family run-in with police by pointing to her television profile.
The View has seen its share of internal strain over the years. Old tensions still surface in retrospectives, including when Rosie O'Donnell admits tension with Whoopi Goldberg helped sour an earlier stint on the program.
For now the practical question is simpler. Behar’s shoulder is back in place, her rep says she is healing, and the show expects her mid next week. Until then the panel keeps rolling with whoever is upright and available.
Daytime television’s loudest political roundtable can spare a heel snag. What it cannot spare is the habit of lecturing the country while its own table keeps coming up short.