What did Joy Behar say? The View host reportedly booed over Arnold Schwarzenegger affair joke

Joy Behar's joke about Arnold Schwarzenegger's affair with his housekeeper was reportedly received with boos by The View's studio audience. According to US Weekly, on Tuesday, April 29, Behar joked about the affair on the daytime talk show The View while the co-hosts were discussing British singer Olly Murs’ body transformation.

According to US Weekly, while talking about Olly Murs' body transformation and their preference in body types, Joy Behar shared that she prefers a "chunky guy" because,

"You have to be perfect if they’re perfect. I prefer a man who’s not perfect. I’m not perfect. I like them to be legally blind even. That helps."

Then, Behar reportedly added that,

"I mean, if you get a guy like Arnold Schwarzenegger, he’s going to leave you for the housekeeper anyway."

Unfortunately for Joy Behar, The View audiences seemingly disapproved of the joke as they reportedly booed at it. Co-host Alyssa Farah even intervened with a,

"Too soon! It’s only been 30 years!"

Though Behar was initially smiling after her joke, she exclaimed "What!" after hearing the boos. But, soon, she gave a shout-out to the few supporters from the audience.

"Thank you. My girls up there get it!"

In case you are not aware of the context, in 2011, Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's 25-year-old marriage ended after it was revealed (by Schwarzenegger himself) that he had fathered a child with their housekeeper, Mildred Baena, years ago. According to US Weekly, Mildred gave birth to her son, Joseph Baena, the same year, in 1997, that Shriver gave birth to her youngest son, Christopher. Their divorce was finalized in 2021.

Joy Behar is one of the OG co-hosts of The View

Joy Behar, 82, is a comedian and talk show host. In 2009, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for the daytime talk show The View. She is one of the OG co-hosts of The View and has been a part of it since 1997. She left the show briefly in 2013 (but guest-hosted in 2014 and 2015) before finally returning as a regular co-host in 2015.

In 2024, as reported by Deadline, while The View co-hosts were discussing Jason Kelce's retirement from the NFL, Joy Behar shared that if she were to leave the show one day, she would miss her friends the most.

According to reports, while listening to Kelce’s retirement announcement, Behar shared that,

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"He sounds more upset that he’s leaving his friends..When I leave this show, it will not be because I’m worried about my future. It’ll be because I will miss my friends. That’s basically it."

According to Wikipedia, the current co-hosts of the show, along with Joy Behar, are Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.

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