Joy Behar Was ‘Happy’ She Left ‘The View’ In 2013

Joy Behar was fired from “The View” in 2013.

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At the time, she told TIME magazine that she was “glad to be fired.”

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She later came back to the show in 2015.

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During a recent conversation at the Hot Topics table, Joy explained why.

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“I was happy because all my friends had left already,” Joy said.

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However, moderator Whoopi Goldberg took issue with her comment.

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“Really? All your friends left?” she asked and pretended to cry.

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Whoopi had been there at the time, but Joy said she “had just come on.”

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Whoopi assured her friend that she was just “teasing.”

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