Joy Behar Denies Feud with Former "The View" CoHost Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Recalls Their OnAir 'Fights' Liza EsquibiasWed, March 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC 0 Elisabeth Hasselbeck (left) and Joy Behar on 'The View' in 2020Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty In the March 3 episode of The View's Behind the Table podcast, Joy Behar shared the status of her relationship with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is guesthosting this week The pair have a history of public disagreements, including in January 2025 when Hasselbeck called Behar "selfish" for criticizing Carrie Underwood's decision to perform at Donald Trump...
Joy Behar Denies Feud with Former "The View" Co-Host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Recalls Their On-Air 'Fights'
Liza EsquibiasWed, March 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck (left) and Joy Behar on 'The View' in 2020Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty -
In the March 3 episode of The View's Behind the Table podcast, Joy Behar shared the status of her relationship with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is guest-hosting this week
The pair have a history of public disagreements, including in January 2025 when Hasselbeck called Behar "selfish" for criticizing Carrie Underwood's decision to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration
Behar revealed that she and Hasselbeck, who was previously a main co-host on The View, are not feuding and are "friends"
Joy Behar is clearing the air about her past tension with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
The View host, 83, appeared on the show's Behind the Table podcast with executive producer Brian Teta on Tuesday, March 3, where she opened up about reuniting with Hasselbeck, 48, during her week-long guest spot filling in for Alyssa Farah Griffin while she is on maternity leave.
"Big show today. You were reunited with your former co-host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Lizzy to you," Teta said of Hasselbeck, who served as a main co-host alongside Behar from 2003 until 2013. "How was that? Did it feel like old times?"
"A little bit," Behar admitted. "She's a good kid, you know. I always liked her. We used to fight on the air about politics, but, so what?"
Joy Behar (left); Elisabeth HasselbeckCredit: ABC (2)
When Teta joked that the comedian has always argued "with everybody about politics," she quipped, "I would. No matter who would disagree with me, I would go up against them."
"That was the show. It was called The View," Behar added. "People don't seem to remember that that's what the show is called."
The March 3 episode was the first time that the two have taken the stage together since publicly disagreeing last year, when Hasselbeck slammed Behar for her disapproval of Carrie Underwood's participation at President Donald Trump's January 2025 inauguration.
At the time, the singer released a statement saying she was "honored" to perform at the ceremony and that "I love our country," which Behar criticized for showing "support" and normalizing having "a convicted felon" like Trump in office.
In response, Hasselbeck called Behar out in a post on X, which read, "That @TheView @JoyVBehar needs to simmer down off my friend." She then shared another post that claimed Behar called Underwood "Un-American," although the TV personality did not use that phrase. She further shared a photo of Behar to her Instagram Story with the caption, "Joy — @carrieunderwood is an INCREDIBLE WOMAN. You could learn from her strength."
Later, Hasselbeck appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show, where she accused The View of refusing "to put anyone there who has a lick of sense on most days." She also said that Behar's criticism was "nothing more than selfish personal publicity-gaining right now," speculating that Behar "wants to attach her name to Carrie Underwood's name so that she maintains relevance because she knows the ship is sinking."
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From left: Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Carrie Underwood; Joy BeharCredit: Terry Wyatt/Getty (2); Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
It wasn't the first time the pair clashed — in November 2008, they had an on-air spat that raised eyebrows, as Behar doubted Hasselbeck's claim that she once considered voting for Barack Obama. Following the heated exchange, however, Behar told PEOPLE, "We're friendly. The bombastic behavior is all on-camera. It's just like sex. Once it's over, it's over."
Behar still maintains that there is no bad blood between them.
"I always liked her, she's a nice kid," she told Teta, who noted, "I think for some reason people think you guys are at each other's throats all the time."
"No, it's fine," Behar maintained. "Today you could see we're friends. We're friendly. Watch the show."
At the top of the morning talk show earlier that day, Hasselbeck joined co-hosts Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines at the Hot Topics table, and they did not address their latest disagreement.
"I missed you yesterday, Joy," the Survivor alum said of Behar, who is typically off Mondays.
"It's like the old days with me and Elisabeth, how long were we here together?" Behar replied before Hasselbeck gushed that they "are like family."
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