Overview
- The comedian returned to The View on Tuesday after roughly a month away and told the panel that a backstage fall dislocated her shoulder.
- Behar said the pain was “worse than childbirth,” spoke briefly at the Hot Topics table, and received more than a minute of standing ovation from the studio audience.
- Sara Haines escorted Behar to her seat and producers used senior cohosts and rotating guests to cover her absence, including missing the show’s Oct. 7 birthday tribute.
- The show’s reliance on other hosts during October, combined with Behar’s age, has prompted ABC conversations about safety, liability and possible reduced duties or a phased move from full‑time work.
- Behar is a long‑serving panelist who first joined The View in the late 1990s, and her return closes the immediate absence while raising questions about how the program will manage host health and succession going forward.