The View’s Joy Behar has revealed that she was forced to take a leave of absence from the show last week after breaking her toe.
Upon her return to the ABC panel show on Monday, the 83-year-old co-host explained that she had been gone for four days last week because of the ‘painful’ injury.
At the top of the episode, Behar explained that she and fellow stars Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farrah Griffin didn’t walk out onto the set like they typically do because of the incident.
‘We didn’t walk out today in sympathy of my foot,’ Behar said. ‘I broke my toe last week, last Monday.’
She describing the injury as ‘very, very, very painful,’ before adding: ‘It’s getting better.’
‘Can you tell them how?’ co-star Hostin, 57, probed.
Sharing details of how she sustained the unfortunate wound, Behar then said: ‘I dropped my iPad on my foot. That thing is heavy!’
The live studio audience let out a collective audible gasp after hearing how Behar broke her toe while fans at home also winced.
The View’s Joy Behar revealed she had been missing from the show because of a broken toe
She explained that she sustained the injury after dropping an iPad on her foot
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one cringed: ‘Ouch, Joy!’
‘So that’s why they didn’t walk out again!’ another said.
Behar’s return comes as Whoopi Goldberg announced that she has taken leave for the next five days due to other work commitments.
Goldberg, 70, is currently in Naples, Italy where she is filming a cameo appearance for Un Posto Al Sole, the country’s longest-running soap opera.
Alerting her followers via Instagram on Monday, she posted a photo to her Stories of her sitting in hair and make-up.
‘If you notice I’m not on The View this week it’s because I’m in Italy working,’ she captioned the upload.
Behar also explained Goldberg’s absence on the program.
‘If you’re wondering why I’m here on a Monday, and Whoopi is not, it’s because she’s in Italy filming a soap opera,’ she said.
Behar added that despite the broken toe, she is on the mend
Her co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farrah Griffin joined Behar on Monday’s episode
Whoopi Goldberg will be absent from The View this week while she films a soap opera in Italy
‘She sent us a video letting us know how it’s going. So, let’s watch that.’
In the brief clip, Goldberg admitted that she was nervous.
‘I met the two directors, met everybody, and it’s still very nerve-wracking,’ she added.
Hostin explained that Goldberg will play an American translator who moves into the apartment complex in the soap opera.
Prior to jetting off to Italy, Goldberg told The View’s executive producer Brian Teta on The View: Behind the Table that the acting gig had been a long time coming.
‘It’s time for me to do some things in addition to this [The View],’ she said.
