“Comedian” Joy Behar was made a bit irked during Friday’s edition of The View on ABC after she learned that people in Republican Florida had the nerve to make fun of liberal California. And the hypocrisy of her outrage was exacerbated by co-host Sara Haines scoffing and reminding Behar that they make fun of red states on the show.
As they dipped into questioning singer LeAnn Rimes if she’s ever been assaulted on stage a la Chris Rock and Will Smith at the Oscars, the artist recounted: “I have never been assaulted on stage, although … I was in Florida recently, and I got booed on stage for saying that I lived in California, which was actually the highlight of my career by the way.”
“What? Why would they do that? What is that,” Behar blurted out in honest confusion.
Rimes seemed to sense Behar’s percolating discontent with the story and tried to cut it off: “I was just talking about where I was from, and they just, like, they don't happen to like Californians, but that was okay because we went back and talked about the fact that I was from Mississippi and we were all good.”
“So, they just go after an entire state,” Behar huffed in disgust.
Through the flurry of crosstalk, Haines can be heard reminding Behar, “Don’t we not laugh a little bit sometimes here about Texas and Florida?” “Well we’re specifically –” Behar began to argue before getting drowned out by Rimes defending the story saying, “it became funny.”
“You don’t attack a whole state,” Behar rhetorically put her foot down. But Haines and Rimes were intent on ending that line of discussion:
HAINES: I think that's the point is politically you could say the equal is California or New York.
RIMES: Yes.
HAINES: Liberal states, yeah.
The hypocrisy is strong with Behar. She decries demonizing whole groups of people but a few months ago she was demonizing all Republicans as “the Taliban in America.” And the hypocrisy was present in Friday’s episode just moments prior.
During a conversation about Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene being offended by a Jimmy Kimmel joke, Behar proclaimed that comedians like her shouldn’t care about offending people:
ANA NAVARRO: Who cares? Standup comics don't care if you are offended.
BEHAR: Certainly not if a politician is offended. Too bad! Too bad!
If what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, too bad Joy! Deal with Floridians mocking and booing California.
Behar’s hypocrisy and outrage was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Carvana and Olay. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
April 8, 2022
11:14:14 a.m. Eastern(…)
SARA HAINES: We were already watching comedians up against material they couldn't touch anymore because we’re living in a different time. And we talked about it. Not physically touch them. They just couldn't touch certain things because they could lose their careers. They were afraid to go on stage, all these things.
Now you've opened up the door to a joke's bad, and we can have physical altercations. And we knew one of the damaging things of that moment – though I wouldn't define someone by one moment. That was a bad one and it opened the door for people to say – to treat to truly defend someone you love or if a joke's not funny, you can take it to the stage.
And the first thing I said is we're going to see a lot more to of this, and to have it so quickly, it's just -- I don't want to see comedy die, and I don't -- I would never do standup before all of this. Now, I don't know why standup comics would do this. Your inviting--
ANA NAVARRO: Because they paid and they get really good money, and cause they're funny, and it comes with the territory. Who cares? Standup comics don't care if you are offended.
JOY BEHAR: Certainly not if a politician is offended. Too bad! Too bad!
(…)
11:16:16 a.m.
LEANN RIMES: I have never been assaulted on stage, although I was -- I mean, people are very touchy these days. I was in Florida recently, and I got booed on stage for saying that I lived in California, which was actually the highlight of my career by the way.
BEHAR: What? Why would they do that? What is that?
RIMES: It was -- I was just talking about where I was from, and they just, like, they don't happen to like Californians, but that was okay because we went back and talked about the fact that I was from Mississippi and we were all good.
HAINES: Then we were friends again.
RIMES: We were friends again.
BEHAR: So, they just go after an entire state?
HAINES: Don’t we not laugh a little bit sometimes here about Texas and Florida? [Gestures a little bit]
RIMES: We also were laughing about it.
BEHAR: Well we’re specifically —
RIMES: I have to say, it became funny.
BEHAR: You don’t attack a whole state. But we –
RIMES: I was, like, we don't agree.
HAINES: I think that's the point is politically you could say the equal is California or New York.
RIMES: Yes.
HAINES: Liberal states, yeah.
(…)
