Overview
- Behar announced on May 26 that she will spend about two weeks in Europe to write in Paris and stage her play My First Ex-Husband at London’s Boulevard Theatre in the West End.
- Executive producer Brian Teta confirmed Behar will remain on the show through the end of the current week and is expected to return after the roughly two-week absence.
- To cover her seat, The View will use a rotating lineup of guest co-hosts including Sheryl Underwood and Kara Swisher, expand appearances from Ana Navarro, and have Whoopi Goldberg appear on Fridays.
- Producers banked pre-taped Weekend View segments so Behar will appear on those editions while she is physically abroad, preserving on-air continuity for viewers.
- Behar, 83, is an original panelist who returned full time in 2015 and first staged the play off-Broadway in 2025, and her brief leave underscores her ongoing work in theatre alongside her long-running role on the show.