Joy Behar, 83, missed Thursday’s episode of “The View” after dislocating her shoulder backstage, an injury her representative says is already reset and should keep her out only until mid next week.
Behar caught a heel behind the scenes and went down hard enough to pop the joint out of place. The shoulder was not broken, and it has been put back in place while she recovers.
Her representative told Page Six the veteran co-host is “on the mend” and eager to return to the table as soon as she can.
“Joy caught a heel backstage but is on the mend and should be back on the show mid next week,” the rep said. “Her shoulder wasn’t broken and is back in place and she is excited to be back at the table as quickly as possible.”
Sunny Hostin, 57, took the moderator’s seat and opened the hour by explaining the absences. Whoopi Goldberg remained out filming a movie. Then came the update on Behar.
“And, unfortunately, our dear friend Joy dislocated her shoulder.”
Hostin added that Behar is recovering and will be back soon. When the conversation turned to who ranked as the next oldest on set, Hostin preferred a different label.
“Or, let’s say, seasoned. I like seasoned better!”
The Thursday panel featured Hostin alongside Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and guest host Sherri Shepherd. Farah Griffin took a look around the table and liked what she saw.
“This is a squad right here.”
“I like this,” she said.
Behar has sat at “The View” table since 1997, missing only two seasons across nearly three decades. The latest absence is short by design. A longer one came earlier this year.
In June she stepped away for two weeks to focus on her play “My First Ex-Husband.” Media coverage framed it as a hiatus. Behar rejected that word.
“There’s been a lot of media attention on me lately because I’m taking off the next two weeks,” she said before the trip. “They’re calling it a hiatus. It’s not a hiatus.” She was going away to work.
The play had already debuted Off-Broadway in New York in February 2025. On a May 26 episode of the “Behind the Table” podcast she described plans to stop in Paris, draft in cafes, take in exhibits, then head to London for the U.K. run.
She returned to the show on June 16 and reported the production landed with audiences overseas.
“Turns out women all over the world hate their husbands.”
“Everybody loved it,” Behar said. “It was a great experience.”
This time the cause is simpler and more physical. A caught heel. A dislocated shoulder. No fracture. The joint is already back where it belongs. The representative’s timeline points to a mid-week return rather than an extended leave.
For a co-host who has spent most of the last three decades arguing, joking, and holding court five days a week, the practical question is how fast she can get comfortable enough to sit through another live hour. The show has already demonstrated it can fill the chairs without her or Goldberg. Viewers will see whether Behar beats the mid-next-week target her own team set.
Daytime television keeps rolling whether the regulars are healthy or not. The audience still expects the same voices at the same table, and the people who cash the checks still have to show up when the shoulder allows it.
