Why is Joy Behar not on The View today?

JOY BEHAR remains the only co-host from The View’s original panel.

Since Joy is a permanent fixture of the show, fans became concerned after she was missing on February 15, 2023.

Joy Behar joined The View in 1997Credit: Getty

Why is Joy Behar not on The View today?

Fans became concerned for the 81-year-old co-host after she was missing from the show on February 15.

Moderator Whoopi Goldberg did not provide the audience with an explanation of why Joy was abscent from Thursday’s show.

Co-host Ana Navarro, who normally appears on Mondays and Fridays, filled in for Joy.

“I just tuned in, where’s Joy,” one concerned fan wrote on X. “Is she ok?”

It was not mentioned when Joy would return to the panel on The View.

Joy was last absent from the show in December when she tested positive for COVID-19.

Whoopi said: “Joy is out this week. You know why? She finally got Covid.”

Actress and comedian Yvette Nicole Brown filled in as a guest co-host.

Is Joy Behar retiring?

Joy first joined the ABC daytime talk show in 1997 alongside moderator Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and co-creator Barbara Walters.

Over the years, several panelists have come and gone but Joy does not plan on adding her name to that list anytime soon.

During an episode that premiered on February 7, 2023, Joy encouraged President Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024 while telling the “haters” that she’s not going anywhere.

“Can I just point out that Joe Biden and I are the same age?” Joy said, adding “would you say I could not do my job for the next four years? Of course I can!”

She continued: “The haters can go stick their heads in something because I’m not moving out of this seat.”