Joy Behar Speaks On Her Relationship With Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck recently returned to “The View” as a guest co-host after having left the long-running series in July 2013. For a while now, there have been reports of a feud between Hasselbeck and Joy Behar, one in all the unique and current co-hosts of the hit ABC daytime talk show. Now, following the conservative commentator’s return, Behar is opening up about where they stand today and what it was like to sit down on the panel again together.

Behar and Hasselbeck appeared on “The View” together for roughly 10 years, from 2003 until 2013. During that point, the 2 became embroiled in several spats over opposing political beliefs, with Behar being more left-leaning and Hasselbeck being a staunch conservative. Due to the on-air tension, a feud between the 2 was heavily rumored.

Behar appeared on the “Behind the Table” podcast with “The View” producer Brian Teta on March 3. While on, he mentioned that they’d had a “big show” as Hasselbeck had returned. When asked if she felt like old times, the 83-year-old said, “A bit of bit. She’s a great kid, you already know. I all the time liked her. We used to fight on the air about politics, but so what?”

The producer then joked that Behar argued “with everybody about politics,” prompting her to say, “I might. Irrespective of who would disagree with me, I might go up against them. That was the show. It was called The View. People don’t appear to do not forget that that is what the show known as.”

Things have not been perfect between Behar and Elisabeth since Elisabeth left the hit ABC series. Last 12 months, Behar didn’t take kindly to singer Carrie Underwood deciding to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Per Entertainment Weekly, Behar said in regards to the singer, “I might not normalize him. She says, ‘I really like our country.'”

She continued, “How do you’re keen on our country and support and normalize any person who was a convicted felon who really desires to destroy the country, in my view? I do not understand the way you say you’re keen on your country similtaneously you normalize this convicted felon, which. I can say now day by day.”

The “View” co-host added, “I might not be the person to say, ‘Don’t do it,’ because I imagine in free speech and every thing about it. I personally wouldn’t do it. Nobody’s asked me, but that is one other story.”

After catching wind of what Behar said, Hasselbeck first tweeted, “That @TheView @JoyVBehar must simmer down off my friend.” Later, on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show, she claimed the show “refused to place anyone there who has a lick of sense on most days” and said Behar’s comments were “nothing greater than selfish personal publicity-gaining straight away.”

Fans of “The View” are weighing in not only on Hasselbeck’s return to the series as a guest host, but in addition on the show as a complete. One person said on X, “Hasselbeck is a really fake Christian and a hack. I’m ashamed of the View for even having her invited back, which leads me to imagine that it’s all for rankings.”

Another person discussed them not having issues, saying, “They’re grown adults and may let bygones be bygones. Wish she’d stay full-time!” Regarding Hasselbeck, one other person said, “Elisabeth is just ghastly. No matter her political opinion.”

“Finally,” one other social media user wrote, “Joy… I wish she would take a protracted break. Why don’t I watch this show anymore? Well, there’s multiple, but she definitely stands out. Just what I would like, more negative negative negative. I like entertainment, but where has the entertainment gone? Soap Box TV?”

An insider told the outlet, “This booking wasn’t accidental. Everyone knows combative 48-year-old Elisabeth’s history with Joy, and producers know they are not exactly welcoming the move.” The insiders also say there may be a general consensus behind the scenes of the show that it has turn out to be dull and desires a creative boost.

They continued, “There is a sense the show has tipped from spirited debate into something more corrosive. That is wearing on staff, guests, and viewers.” One other source told the outlet of Hasselbeck’s potential future with the show, “That is being treated very clearly as a test.”

“The View” returned for its milestone twenty ninth season in September 2025. In accordance with Variety, it averaged 2.602 million viewers, marking its highest-rated season opener in five years. The show was up 7% from its prior 12 months’s premiere, which was also impressive at 2.421 million average. The series averaged 2.324 million viewers for its full 2025 premiere week.

“The View” airs weekdays on ABC.