The recently re-signed ladies of “The View” clearly understand the value of a good work bestie, which is why moderator Whoopi Goldberg got a little emotional on a recent episode of the ABC talk show after longtime co-host Joy Behar said she was “happy” she was fired from the series in 2013 because all her friends had left.
According to Cinema Blend reports, Joy Behar expressed her strong view to her colleagues on “The View,” about how this pandemic and working remotely have damaged people’s ability to have a work best friend. She remarked that she did not want to be at work if she did not have any friends there.
In her words:
I always have friends where I work, and if I don’t have friends at the job, I will not keep the job. So, when I was fired last time from this show, people say to me, ‘Were you OK with that?’ And my answer is, I was happy because all my friends had left already. So, there was no reason to stay anymore. I mean it.
Joy Behar, who left The View in August 2013 before returning two years later, received a stare-down from Whoopi Goldberg, who mimicked her shaking lip and milked the audience’s laughter with her pout. Goldberg challenged Behar, saying:
Really? All your friends left? It’s OK. I’m cool. Joy Behar brushed off the Sister Act star’s faux tears, clarifying to the moderator: You had just come on, and my backstage friends had left. And I don’t like to work when I don’t have friends.