Joy Behar Out at ‘The View’ Again After Shoulder Injury as Sunny Hostin Takes Moderator Seat

Joy Behar is missing from the table at The View, this time because of an injured shoulder.

Opening the Thursday, October 1 episode, Sunny Hostin told the audience why two of the show’s regulars were absent. “Whoopi [Goldberg] is still out filming a movie,” Hostin, 57, explained. “And, unfortunately, our dear friend Joy dislocated her shoulder.” As the studio audience gasped, Hostin assured them that Behar, 83, was “recovering and will be back soon.”

With both Behar and Goldberg, 70, out, Hostin took over the moderator’s chair, a spot she clearly enjoyed. “The job went to the next oldest, or, let’s say, seasoned, cohost,” she joked. “I like seasoned better!”

Behar is the only original panelist still on The View since its 1997 debut, and her attendance record is impressive for someone with nearly 30 years on the air. Her most recent injury-related absence happened in November 2025.

“Now, I’ve been off for a few days as you might have noticed,” Behar said on the show when she returned. “Here’s what happened: I dropped my iPad on my foot and I broke my toe.”

She then propped her foot on the desk so the cameras could get a close look at her “buddy-taped” toes, meaning the broken toe was taped to its neighbor for support. “And it’s very, very, very painful,” she added. “I do not recommend you dropping anything on your toes.”

With Behar out, the panel was a seat short, but former cohost Sherri Shepherd returned as a guest host to fill in. Shepherd, 59, was a full-time cohost from 2007 to 2014 and has made multiple appearances on the show since leaving.