Joy Behar is taking some time to enjoy another view — from Europe.
“The View” co-host announced her hiatus from the show on Tuesday’s “Behind the Table” podcast.
Behar, 83, told “The View’s” executive producer Brian Teta she will be away from the table for several weeks so she can travel to Europe to perform her stage play “My First Ex-Husband.”
“This is your last podcast for a little bit, because next week you’re not going to be here. Are we talking about this?” Teta said on the podcast.
Behar added, “Well, they made me bank the weekend shows even though I’m not here. You better tell people why I’m not [going to be on the show].”
Behar’s play has scheduled stops in Paris and London. She said she will spend time moving from France to the United Kingdom. The production will run at the Boulevard Theatre in London’s West End.
She added she will perform alongside Jackie Hoffman and two British actors. Behar said the trip will be full of performances as well as time for writing and cultural visits.
Teta confirmed Behar will remain on “The View” through the end of the week. He added multiple guest cohosts will rotate in while she is away.
Those replacements include comedian Sheryl Underwood, who previously filled in amid earlier absences on the panel. Podcast host Kara Swisher is also scheduled to fill in.
Ana Navarro, who regularly appears on specific days of the week, is expected to appear more while Behar is away.
Whoopi Goldberg, who normally takes Fridays off, is expected to appear on those episodes during the gap.
“I don’t think she knows yet, but I’ll let her know that she’s going to be here,” Teta joked of Goldberg having to come in on her days off.
Behar, a long-running voice on the panel, has remained a central figure since returning to the program in 2015 following her original run during the show’s inception in 1997, per the outlet.
