Joy Behar was born on October 7, 1942, and she is celebrating her 82nd birthday today. Behar has been a veteran television co-host of the daytime chat show ‘The View’ since 1997, and is thus one of the show’s founding panelists. In recent years, however, she has been less constant on the show.
She left the show in 2013 and returned in 2015. She later spoke on how it felt to be let go from the show: “I was pleased to be fired. I was generally sick of the show by that point for some reason, which I can’t recall.”
The television host did not know why she was fired and said the network did not know why either. She said, “That was very stupid of them. But they learned their lesson.” In October 2022, she said she had no plans to retire from the show.
Behar once stated that she was often amazed by the viewership of her show, adding, “I’m happy to be a part of it.” So, no, I am not moving anywhere. I am having a nice time.
Last year, she celebrated her birthday on air.
Her co-hosts commented on Behar’s lack of enthusiasm for her birthday, to which she said, “I can’t get enthusiastic. I’m simply thankful to be alive, okay? You know, you get to the point where you get up every morning and say, ‘I’m still here, my God.’”
Behar, in her personal life, has seen everything. She has been married twice and is both a mother and a grandmother.
Behar’s second spouse, Steve Janowitz, is a retired schoolteacher. The pair married in 2011, after being together for over 29 years. They dressed in synchronized attire for their big day. She wore a short-sleeved dress, and he wore a black suit with a bow tie and a white shirt underneath.
Following her nuptials, the actress discussed her second marriage experience. She asked, “Do I look like a blushing bride to you?” It has been 29 years.
The couple had been together for nearly three decades before they tied the knot. As to why they waited so long to marry, Behar said, “We waited so long because I had been married before, and I didn’t really see the point.”
Apart from being a wife, Behar is also a mother. She and her first husband, Joseph Behar, welcomed one child together, a daughter, Eve Behar, in November 1970. They were married from 1965 to 1981.
