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Joy Behar returns to The View after a month away with a shoulder injury
Joy Behar returned to The View on Tuesday after being away for nearly a month.
The ABC daytime talk show co-host had dislocated her shoulder in a fall at the building.
Her last appearance was September 30, and she was still recovering when the show marked her birthday on October 7.
The audience welcomed her back with cheers as Elton John’s “The Bitch Is Back” played.
Behar said she had missed the show and her fellow co-hosts, and joked about the pain of her injury.
Her return brings the co-host back to the program, though no further details about her recovery or schedule were given.
Joy Behar returned to ABC’s The View on Tuesday, October 27, after nearly a month away with a dislocated shoulder.
She said she fell hard in the building and described the pain as worse than childbirth.
The audience welcomed Behar back as Elton John’s “The B***h Is Back” played.
Behar said she had missed her co-hosts, the show’s topics and the people who work there.
A report that executives wanted Behar to leave the show was denied by a representative for The View.
- Who
- Joy Behar, co-host of The View, returned to the show.
- What
- She returned after an absence caused by a dislocated shoulder.
- When
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
- Where
- The View studio; Behar said she fell in the building.
- Why
- She had been recovering from a shoulder injury after a fall.
U.S. Sun report
The View representative
Whether executives wanted Behar to leave
U.S. Sun report
The report said executives preferred that Behar step away on her own terms before another injury.
The View representative
A representative for The View told Entertainment Weekly that “there is no truth” to the report.
Behar made her last appearance on The View before her absence.
The show marked Behar’s birthday while she was recovering from her shoulder injury.
Goldberg said on Behar’s behalf that she planned to return the following week.
Behar returned to The View after nearly a month away.
- Injury
- Dislocated shoulder
- Cause
- A fall in the building
- Return date
- October 27, 2026
- Age
- 84
- Show
- The View
- Birthday celebration
- October 7
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What people are saying
I fell bad. I mean, I went down hard in this building, and I dislocated my shoulder.
I don’t know if that’s ever happened to anybody, but it’s worse than childbirth.
there is no truth
We're together a lot, and so when one of us is not around, you feel it.