Overview
- Behar, who left the table Tuesday during The View’s interview with Carrie Underwood, skipped the segment as Sara Haines also stepped out.
- A production source said the move was made to free seats for three guests: Underwood and fellow American Idol judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan.
- The show often has cohosts step out when multiple guests share the table, a practice producers pointed to in explaining Behar’s brief absence.
- The exit drew extra attention because Behar criticized Underwood in January 2025 for performing at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a stance that prompted a public rebuke from former cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
- Behar returned by the end of the broadcast, and Whoopi Goldberg told viewers she would appear on the show’s Behind the Table podcast.