Overview
- Behar announced on the Behind the Table podcast that she will begin a multi-week, planned absence after appearing on the show through the end of the current week, with the podcast disclosure coming on Tuesday.
- She will spend a week in Paris doing playwriting and museum visits before traveling to London to perform My First Ex‑Husband at the Boulevard Theatre in the West End alongside Jackie Hoffman and two British actors.
- The View’s executive producer Brian Teta said producers pre‑taped weekend episodes and will use a rotating lineup of guest co‑hosts, including Sheryl Underwood, Kara Swisher and expanded appearances by Ana Navarro and Whoopi Goldberg on Fridays.
- Both Behar and producers have described the break as temporary and said she is expected to return to her regular seat after the guest‑host rotation ends.
- Behar is an original, long‑running panelist whose leave reflects the show’s growing use of fill‑ins and a weekend streaming slot that let producers maintain continuity while she pursues a theatrical project.