Joy Behar’s Off-Air Behavior Exposed? The View Cohosts Reveal Shocking Behind-the-Scenes Argue—Calling Them ‘Sl*t’ and ‘Wh***’, Raise Eyebrows and Ignite Heated Debate on America’s Most Watched Daytime Talk Show

Things got surprisingly candid on The View as the cohosts peeled back the curtain on what really goes on behind the scenes—revealing that Joy Behar jokingly refers to them with terms like “sl*t” and “wh***” during personal moments off-air. While the panel laughed it off as classic Joy humor, the revelations are already triggering a whirlwind of online reactions. Fans are divided—some defending Behar’s decades-old comedic style, others questioning whether the playful tone has crossed a line in the current climate.

Curious how the rest of the cast responded? The full story has everyone talking—check the comments to dive deeper into the drama.

The View is a space for women supporting women — and their right to call each other “slut” and “whore.”

Friday morning’s live show revealed that the Hot Topics table might also be a hotbed that’s lightly masochistic in nature, after it was revealed that 82-year-old longtime panelist Joy Behar often refers to her professional colleagues as “slut” and “whore” during personal time — and they admittedly like it.

During the cohosts’ chat about “salt-coating” conversations amid deep friendships (Behar described it as the opposite of sugar-coating information), Sara Haines chimed in to say, “I call it Joy-coating!” before her peers weighed in.

“We all know you salt-coat everything,” Sunny Hostin told Behar. “But, I like that. A real friend is an honest friend.”

Behar warned the table, “You have to be prepared from me, I love you first!” she said, prompting Haines to reply with an admission of her own: “I love it when you insult me,” she said.

“Your term of endearment for me is the Italian word for slut,” Ana Navarro added, as Behar smirked, looked at the camera, and said, “Puttana!”

Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin on The View

Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin on ‘The View’.ABC

Again, Haines jumped in to remind everyone that she does, in fact, find it pleasurable to be on the receiving end of Behar’s quips: “She calls me a whore,” Haines said. “Just in English.”

The sentiment rings true, as Behar once called Hostin a slut live on the air in October 2023.

“You were such a little slut,” Behar said of Hostin’s style of dress during her years as a Catholic school student in New York City.

The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC.