Joy Behar missed Thursday’s episode of The View after dislocating her shoulder backstage, the 83-year-old co-host is recovering and expected back by mid next week.
Behar caught a heel behind the scenes and knocked her shoulder out of place, her representative told Page Six. The injury was not a break. The shoulder is back in place, and she is on the mend.
Her rep said she “should be back on the show mid next week” and is “excited to be back at the table as quickly as possible.”
At the top of Thursday’s broadcast, Sunny Hostin filled viewers in while Whoopi Goldberg remained out filming a movie.
"And, unfortunately, our dear friend Joy dislocated her shoulder."
Hostin added that Behar is recovering and “will be back soon.”
Producers put Hostin, 57, in the moderator seat for the hour. She joked about the ranking at the table, first calling herself “the next oldest,” then correcting the label.
"Or, let’s say, seasoned. I like seasoned better!"
Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin joined her, with Sherri Shepherd in as guest host. Griffin sized up the group and said, “This is a squad right here,” adding, “I like this.”
Behar has been part of The View since it launched in 1997, aside from two seasons away. At 83, she remains one of the show’s steadiest fixtures and one of its most outspoken liberal voices.
This was not her first stretch away from the table this year. She previously missed two weeks in June to put up her play, “My First Ex-Husband,” in London.
The show had debuted off-Broadway in February 2025. Before the London run, Behar told the “Behind the Table” podcast she planned a stop in Paris to write in cafes and hit exhibits, then head to Britain for work, not a vacation.
Media called the June break a hiatus. She pushed back. “They’re calling it a hiatus. It’s not a hiatus,” she said, describing the trip as going away to “work.”
After returning, she said the play landed with audiences overseas. “Turns out women all over the world hate their husbands.” She also called it “a great experience” and said, “Everybody loved it.”
Thursday’s absence was different: a backstage mishap, a dislocated shoulder, and a short recovery window rather than another theater run.
Her rep’s message was plain. The bone was not broken, the joint is back in place, and Behar wants a fast return to the table.
Live TV still runs on timing, heels, and hard floors. Even long-running co-hosts find that out the hard way.
