GRACEFUL EXIT?

Joy Behar Plans to Leave ‘The View’ in 2022

“If I’m as fabulous in [2022] as I am now, I’ll think about [staying]. But the chances of that happening… You know, time marches on,” Behar told Variety.

Joy Behar plans to leave daytime talk show The View in the summer of 2022, Variety reports. The 77-year-old, who has spent 21 seasons on the show thus far, plans to exit after her contract ends. “I don’t see myself staying for more [time]. That’s it!” she told Variety. “I could be wrong. If I’m as fabulous in [2022] as I am now, I’ll think about [staying]. But the chances of that happening… You know, time marches on. I’m not a kid.” If she follows through on her plan, Behar will depart the show right before her 80th birthday, after first joining the show in 1997.

Behar took a leave from the show in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the other hosts—Whoopi Goldberg, Meghan McCain, and Sunny Hostin—also started to work from home according to social-distancing guidelines, Behar has made appearances on the show from her Hamptons home.