“There’s been a lot of media attention on me lately because I’m taking off the next two weeks,” she said on The View in May. “They’re calling it a hiatus. It’s not a hiatus.”
The comedian—who has been on the talk show since it began in 1997, except for a two-year hiatus starting in 2013—also missed the program in January for multiple days, prompting Goldberg to address the absence.
“We want to let you know Joy is out, she’s not feeling well,” she told viewers, “so we want her to feel better and get her behind back here.”
Meanwhile, a foot injury in November prompted her to take another unexpected break from the show.
“Now, I’ve been off for a few days as you might have noticed,” Behar said on The View upon her return. “Here’s what happened: I dropped my iPad on my foot and I broke my toe.”
Showing her bandaged toes to the audience, she added, “What they do is they put the toes together, because it’s broken. And it’s very, very, very painful. I do not recommend you dropping anything on your toes.”
While Behar is set to return, read on to see previous hosts of The View and why they left the show.