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Joy Behar Returns to The View Following Shoulder Injury

Co-host Joy Behar returned to ABC daytime talk show The View on Tuesday after missing nearly a month due to a dislocated shoulder.

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Joy Behar returned to the ABC daytime talk show The View on Tuesday, October 27, after a month-long absence, Deadline, TV Insider, and Variety all reported. The 84-year-old comedian suffered a backstage fall in late September that resulted in a dislocated shoulder, according to Variety and TV Insider. [1][2][3][4]

Variety and TV Insider reported that Behar last appeared on the broadcast on September 30. During her return to the panel on Tuesday, Behar described the pain from her injury as worse than childbirth, Variety and AOL reported. [3][4][7]

Her return comes after speculation that the network was considering replacing her on the panel. TV Insider and ComingSoon both reported that a representative and producer for the show debunked reports claiming Behar was leaving or being fired. [2][5]

Behar has co-hosted The View on ABC since the program began, and won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the show in 2009. [12]

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In short

  • Joy Behar returned to ABC talk show The View on October 27 after a month-long absence.
  • Behar dislocated her shoulder in a backstage fall in late September.
  • Behar last appeared on the broadcast on September 30.
  • A representative for The View denied reports that Behar was leaving the program.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Joy Behar Returned To ‘The View’ After Nearly A Month-Long Absence To The Tune Of Elton John’s “The B***h Is Back”Deadline, 7d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Joy Behar Is Back on ‘The View’ Amid Panel Shakeup RumorsTV Insider, 7d ago
  3. [3]‘The View’s Joy Behar Returns After 4 Week Absence, Explains ‘Worse Than Childbirth’ InjuryTV Insider, 7d ago
  4. [4]Joy Behar Returns to ‘The View’ After Nearly a Month Away: ‘I Dislocated My Shoulder’ and the Pain Was ‘Worse Than Childbirth’Variety, 7d ago
  5. [5]The View Sets Joy Behar’s Return Date Amid Firing RumorsComingSoon, 8d ago
  6. [6]Elton John Lyricist Bernie Taupin Makes Blunt Confession About Touring With HimTV Insider, 7d ago
  7. [7]Joy Behar Returns to “The View ”After Month-Long Absence from Painful Injury She Calls ‘Worse Than Childbirth’AOL.co.uk, 7d ago
  8. [8]Joy Behar Returned To ‘The View’ After Nearly A Month-Long Absence To The Tune Of Elton John’s “The B***h Is Back”IMDb, 7d ago
  9. [9]Joy Behar Returns to 'The View' After Month-Long Absence, Says On-Set Injury Was 'Worse Than Childbirth'Yahoo Lifestyle Canada, 7d ago
  10. [10]Joy Behar, 84, leans on Sara Haines as she returns to ‘The View’ after ‘torturous’ shoulder injuryPage Six, 7d ago

Background

  1. [11]Holding Absence on Wikipedia
  2. [12]Joy Behar on Wikipedia
  3. [13]The Oldest View on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 13 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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