Joy Behar insists she’s returning to ‘The View’ amid hiatus

Joy Behar is stepping away from The View for two weeks, but she insists it’s nothing more than a quick break. While media outlets have been reporting it as a “hiatus,” Behar set the record straight on Friday, May 29’s pre-taped episode. “There’s been a lot of attention on me lately because I’m taking off the next two weeks. They’re calling it a hiatus. It’s not a hiatus,” she said.

Joy Behar insists she’s returning to ‘The View’ amid hiatus. Joy Behar is stepping away from The View for two weeks, but she insists it’s nothing more than a quick break. While media outlets have been reporting it as a “hiatus,” Behar set the record straight on Friday, May 29’s pre-taped episode. “There’s been a lot of attention on me lately because I’m taking off the next two weeks. They’re calling it a hiatus. It’s not a hiatus,” she said. Where is Joy Behar going? Earlier this week, Behar revealed on the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast that she would miss multiple episodes while in London to perform alongside Jackie Hoffman in a production of My First Ex-Husband. “You’re working,” Sara Haines said in defense of Behar, noting that the trip is a “planned overseas commitment,” not a vacation. “I love that they’re calling it a ‘hiatus,'”...