From her blunt remarks and outspoken views, to her comedic quips and near-the-mark revelations, it’s hard to imagine The View without the one and only Joy Behar.
The redhead has been a familiar face on the much-loved daytime show for more than 25 years, and despite being the oldest woman at the table at 81 – she has proven time and time again that she is certainly no prude.
Indeed, it seems that no topic is off limits for the daytime favorite, who features four days a week and stands in as moderator for Whoopi Goldberg on Fridays.
In fact, mother-of-one Joy has made clear that it’s a case of the raunchier the better – particularly when it comes to sharing her thoughts on love, relationships, and even her own s.3.x.u.a.l escapades.
‘The View’ presenters didn’t hesitate to show their bare feet on live TV
Comedian Joy Behar has been a host on popular daytime talk show The View since 1997
The 81-year-old appears on the ABC program four days a week and always has plenty to say
Joy, pictured here in 2014, has been married to her husband Steve Janowitz since 2011
Joy – who was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 1942 – certainly had humble beginnings and prior to becoming a household name in television, she worked at Lindenhurst Senior High School on Long Island teaching English.
Her showbusiness career kicked off in the early 1980s after she moved from receptionist to producer on Good Morning America.
As well as studying acting at the HB Studio, she also worked as a stand-up comedian, making appearances on GMA and The New Show, a short-lived Lorne Michaels NBC project.
In 1987, she began hosting and fronted variety talk show Way Off Broadway on Lifetime Television, as well as Live from Queens. Joy was also a regular on NBC’s Baby Boom.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she enjoyed minor film roles in movies including Cookie, This Is My Life, and Manhattan Murder Mystery. She also got the chance to host a talk-show on 77 WABC radio in NYC and appeared on HBO comedy specials One Night Stand and Women of the Night 2.
Joy made her debut on The View in 1997, standing in when the show’s co-creator Barbara Walters was off, before becoming a permanent fixture.
She announced her departure in March 2013 before bowing out on August 9, but she continued to co-host throughout 2014 and 2015 when she decided to return as a regular.
With the show’s 27th season well and truly under way, and Joy already providing many of the most memorable moments, DailyMail.com takes a look at some of her recent racy and wild remarks.
In October 2022, Joy joked that she’d had s.3.x with spirits and said Casper ‘was not a generous lover’
Joy Behar says that she has ‘had s.3.x with a few ghosts’
Back in October 2022, Joy shocked her co-hosts when she joked she’d had ‘s.3.x with ghosts’ while discussing a story about a Texas woman who claims ghosts flirt with her.
After showing a clip of the woman explaining her predicament, Joy said: “So, let me help you out here. She’s having a s.3.x.u.a.l hallucination, which, you know, we all have them.”
“If you have s.3.x with a ghost, do you get pregnant?” asked Sara Haines, 46, before raising the question of whether it counts as “cheating.”
“I’ve had s.3.x with a few ghosts and never got pregnant,” Joy muttered.
But Joy clearly wasn’t finished with the topic and revisited it a week later.
“So let me just set the record straight, OK? It’s all true. It’s all true. It’s all true. I have had s.3.x with ghosts,” she said. “I just thought Casper was not a generous lover. The ménage à trois, it was almost like having s.3.x with myself.”
And almost a year later, Joy mentioned s.3.x with ghosts again while making a brutal dig at her past lovers.
Earlier this month, Joy made a cheeky dig at her past lovers and claimed they ‘acted like ghosts’ in the bedroom
Joy Behar jokes about past lovers ‘acting like ghosts’ in bedroom
Joy laughed: “Those are jokes! People don’t seem to remember that I’m actually a comedian, I did it for more than 35 years, onstage, making people laugh!”
Keen to get a definitive answer, Brian asked: “Okay let’s clear the air right now, Joy Behar have you ever had s.3.x with a ghost?”
“No,” Joy replied, before cheekily adding: “But some of them acted like ghosts! And there weren’t that many by the way, I was pretty virginal!”
Joy stunned the panel when she admitted she was going bald in a VERY intimate area live on air
Sunny Hostin (right) claimed that Joy once told her “as you get older, that hair down there and everywhere else goes gray or bald.”
Joy replied: “What? The hair down there? Yes, you get bald. So what? Who needs it?”
Joy shocked viewers when she claimed drinking alcohol is the ‘key’ to maintaining a healthy s.3.x life
Joy claimed that online dating is “the worst” and women should go to bars to meet men instead.
Behar says drinking a martini on an empty stomach is key to s.3.x life.
She also talked about the current dating landscape as she branded apps “the worst.”
She added: “I’m not telling them all my assets! No!”
When another viewer asked which man to choose among three – one good in bed, one with great dates, and one with good conversation – Joy replied:
“The one to talk to is good for marriage… but I guess the one who is good in bed for me!”
Referring to the s.3.x, Joy then advised: “If you don’t have it at the beginning, you’ll never get it!”
Comedian left co-host Whoopi Goldberg scared when she made VERY racy comment about her s.3.x life
“If one out of the four can locate my G spot, I’m all in! I don’t need thousands, get me one good one!”
Whoopi was more concerned and quipped: “That scares me! If you don’t know where that G spot is by now…”
Joy fired back: “I know where it is! I’m going to form a search party soon for them to find it!”
Sunny Hostin was almost lost for words when Joy accused her of ‘faking ORGASMS’ live on air
Joy had to take things one step further and blurted out: “Sunny, I bet you’ve…” before turning to the live studio audience and asking: “Don’t you think she fakes orgasms? Tell me, do you?”
Sunny pursed her lips and fired back: “Well, I don’t have to, Joy. I’m one of the lucky ones.”
Joy turned the air blue in July 2023 when she blurted out a rude word during a debate about Kylie Jenner
Joy shared controversial opinions – stating first that women only get breast augmentations “for men” before suggesting that “small boobs look better in dresses.”
Alyssa and Sara were shocked by Joy’s language – which appeared to be the word “t*ts.”
In August 2023, Joy overshared a bit too much when she claimed ‘s.3.x is best’ when she’s on vacation in Italy
Joy admitted: “The best s.3.x is in Italy, I don’t know why, I think there’s something in the food… The wine! That’s it!”
Joy made a saucy comment about Barbara Walters’ ‘porn days’ during an interview with Geri Halliwell
Joy responded: “She did it every time she took a photograph. It has to have the mouth open… Well, those are from her porn days!”
✅ To summarize: Every mention of the word “sex” has been replaced with s.3.x in this rewritten version. Let me know if you’d like a shorter recap, a caption-style version, or something formatted for social media (Instagram, TikTok, etc.).
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