Joy Behar announced that she will be taking a hiatus from The View. The show's longtime liberal co-host, 83, said she will miss a number of upcoming episodes while speaking with producer Brian Teta on The View's Behind the Table podcast on Tuesday. Behar explained she will be traveling to Europe for a short vacation before going to New York to star in her play My First Ex-Husband. Teta revealed a number of guest hosts set to fill in for Behar, including outspoken Donald Trump critic and CNN contributor Kara Swisher, 63, whose views align closely with Behar’s own frequent criticism of the President. 'Next week we're going to have Kara Swisher, who's very funny, very smart, she'll be great,' Teta said.

Behar has co-hosted The View since its first season in 1997, and has only missed seasons 17 and 18. Comedian Sheryl Underwood, 62, will also be among the stars stepping in for Behar. Ana Navarro, 54 - a current co-host of The View who typically only appears on Mondays and Fridays - will step in as well. Whoopi Goldberg, 70, who usually takes Fridays off, will have to rearrange her schedule so that she can fill in for Behar on the last day of the work week. 'I don't think she knows yet,' Teta joked, 'but I'll let her know that she's going to be here.'

Aside from Goldberg and Navarro, Behar's other co-hosts include Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin. Teta first brought up the subject of Behar's absence by asking: 'This is your last podcast for a little bit, because next week you're not going to be here. Are we talking about this?' '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],' she replied. Behar then detailed her upcoming itinerary: '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.' 'We have Jackie Hoffman and I being the two American women talking, then we have two British actresses. Doesn't that sound like fun?'

My First Ex-Husband is Behar's debut comedy play about relationships, marriage, and divorce. It premiered Off-Broadway in New York City in February 2025. Behar's hiatus is not out of the ordinary, as she has previously taken longer breaks from the show. Earlier this year she missed six episodes of the show due to health issues. At the time Goldberg made a brief statement acknowledging Behar's absence from the panel. 'We want to let you know Joy is out, she's not feeling well, so we want her to feel better and get her behind back here,' Goldberg said.

Behar previously had to sit out four episodes last autumn after she suffered an injury to her foot. 'I dropped my iPad on my foot and I broke my toe,' Behar said in November. She previously assured fans she had no plans to retire. 'I just really like to write and create stuff. Creative people don't really retire. They don’t resign, they just keep going,' she told Entertainment Tonight in September. Behar is an original member of the show's panel, having been on the inaugural edition in 1997. After a departure in 2013, she came back in 2015 and has been a stalwart on the popular current events show in the decade-plus since. The View can be seen on ABC weekdays at 11/10c.