Joy Behar, who has been on “The View” for 22 years and will co-host her final show this week, once famously got fired from “Good Morning America.”
Behar was a writer for the ABC morning show when she was fired in 1975 after refusing to read the words of her bosses. The incident came during a controversial period at GMA, during which Barbara Walters refused to read some of the words she was told to say.
In 1975, Joy Behar was one of the original members of the “GMA” panel when the morning talk show premiered and became an immediate success, beating NBC’s “Today” in the ratings for the first time ever. On Monday, Behar recalled her time on “Good Morning America” with Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos during an interview on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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Joy Behar told Kimmel: “I was fired five times.”
In 1999, Behar was fired from “Good Morning America” after ABC decided to go with Willard Scott instead.
Behar went on to host “The View,” where she has been since 2007. She is currently co-hosting alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Meghan McCain.
Behar is known for her work on the ABC news show, “The View,” but she was originally a panelist on “Good Morning America” from 1975 to 1978. At the time, she appeared alongside David Hartman and Burt Likins in addition to co-hosts Frank Reynolds and Charlie Gibson.
She returned to the program in 1983 as a guest anchor after Candice Bergen left it following an incident where she reportedly made rude comments about President Ronald Reagan’s age during his re-election campaign.
The next year, Behar became one of its permanent hosts despite many conservative viewers’ protestations due to her political beliefs (at the time). Behar was an original member of this famous morning show’s famous panel until being fired by ABC executives in 1975 because they didn’t want controversy surrounding their network’s top show.”
