{"id":507327,"date":"2026-05-28T18:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/507327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:29:11","slug":"joy-behar-steps-back-from-the-view-as-she-takes-her-play-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/507327\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Behar steps back from ‘The View,’ as she takes her play to London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joy Behar is trading her usual spot at \u201cThe View\u2019s\u201d roundtable for the spotlight in one of London\u2019s West End theaters.<\/p>\n

The comedian, who is one of the talk show<\/a>\u2019s<\/a> longest-running hosts, is taking a temporary leave from the daytime program<\/a> to take her play, \u201cMy First Ex-Husband,\u201d overseas for the first time. The 83-year-old TV personality<\/a> announced her break on Tuesday, on the podcast, \u201cBehind the Table,\u201d a companion program of \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI fly to Paris this week, and then I go take the Chunnel to London after a week, and I\u2019ll be in London a second week doing my play, \u2018My First Ex-Husband,\u2019 at the Boulevard Theatre in the West End,\u201d Behar said on the podcast. <\/p>\n

Behar confirmed she has already pre-taped several installments of \u201cThe Weekend View,\u201d ahead of her absence. She will miss the next two weeks of tapings. Her last appearance on the weekday edition<\/a> of the show is Thursday. <\/p>\n

In Behar\u2019s absence, several \u201cView\u201d regulars will step in. Brian Teta, the show\u2019s producer, said on the podcast that Sheryl Underwood, Kara Swisher and Ana Navarro will make appearances in the coming weeks. Whoopi Goldberg, another one of the talk show\u2019s staple personalities, will also be coming in on Fridays, which is her usual day off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think she knows yet, but I\u2019ll let her know that she\u2019s going to be here,\u201d Teta joked of Goldberg\u2019s new responsibility.<\/p>\n

Behar\u2019s play, \u201cMy First Ex-Husband,\u201d first debuted off-Broadway in New York in 2025. The comedian wrote the show over the span of 12 years. The story follows a rotating cast who tell chaotic stories about past relationships. The play is set to debut in the coming weeks, according to Behar. She and Jackie Hoffman will be two American narrators for the show, while two British actresses perform the scenes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joy Behar is trading her usual spot at \u201cThe View\u2019s\u201d roundtable for the spotlight in one of London\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[149331,220174,18,117,220171,19,17,37996,220172,130,9351,25569,1217,88547,27179,128,12160,4287,220173,37997],"class_list":["post-507327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-absence","tag-brian-teta","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-first-ex-husband","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-joy-behar","tag-last-appearance","tag-london","tag-play","tag-podcast","tag-story","tag-talk-show","tag-thursday","tag-tv","tag-view","tag-week","tag-west-end-theater","tag-whoopi-goldberg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}