‘The View’ May Make Format Change for Joy Behar, 84, Upon Return After She Dislocated Shoulder

The team behind The View wants to ensure Joy Behar‘s safety on set.

While the show usually opens with hosts — Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Behar, 84 — walking to the table from backstage, production may change this format after the comedian fell backstage in September and injured her shoulder, according to sources who spoke with The U.S. Sun in an article published on Wednesday, October 21.

“There’s serious talk about changing the entire opening of The View so the ladies are already seated at the table when the cameras start rolling,” an insider claimed. “That way, Joy wouldn’t have to walk out anymore.”

The outlet pointed out that when Behar broke her toe late last year, production had all the women seated at the top of the show.

The Emmy Award winner has been absent from The View the whole month. As Star previously reported, Hostin, 58, explained on the October 1 episode of the daytime talk show that Behar “dislocated her shoulder,” assuring the audience she is “recovering and will be back soon.”

Meanwhile, in an interview with Vulture published on Friday, October 16, Behar confessed, “It’s a pain in the [expletive] to be old,” while discussing her long run on The View, which has made her the longest-running female talk show host in the U.S.

“I’m 84, but I have the brain of a 30-year-old and sometimes a 10-year-old, plus I look pretty good because I have Italian skin,” she said. “It’s a habit, almost, returning every season. It’s like school. You wouldn’t say to Picasso to stop painting. You can’t tell me to quit being funny.”