Joy Behar seems to be a little conflicted when it comes to the President. Talking about the Roseanne revival on Thursday’s The View, Behar dismissed Donald Trump as an “attention whore.” Yet, she also (shockingly) thanked Trump for boosting The View’s own ratings. She immediately suffered a backlash from liberal co-host Whoopi Goldberg
Behar mocked: “[Trump] called Roseanne to congratulate her because he’s a ratings whore.”Talking about the sky high ratings for the revival of the working class comedy, she prefaced: “You know, he may be lousy for women, immigrants and the economy maybe, we'll see. But he's really good for TV. Our numbers are up too.”
Wandering into dangerous territory with her liberal co-hosts, Behar added: “May I just extend a thank you to Donald Trump?” Co-host Goldberg rejected the comment: “I don't know if I'm going to give that to him.”
Behar immediately backed down:
JOY BEHAR: All right, all right.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Yeah, you know —
BEHAR: That went too far.
GOLDBERG: That was too far.
BEHAR: What am I thinking?
In mid-March, Behar finally apologized after a campaign by the MRC highlighted her anti-Christian remarks, including describing Mike Pence’s faith as like a “mental illness.”
A transcript is below:
The View
3/29/18
11:13WHOOPI GOLBERG: Anyway, Roseanne came roaring back Tuesday night. Over 18 million viewers tuned in, making it the most watched sitcom in almost four years.
SARA HAINES: I think it's the same thing that resonated the first time around which was Roseanne was one of the only shows on the air at that time that didn't Polish everything to make it look perfectly played out. It felt a little rough around the edges and a little more real
...
BEHAR: He called Roseanne to congratulate her because he's a ratings whore. You know that. He loves ratings.SUNNY HOSTIN: He loves ratings.
BEHAR: And we do too. You know, he may be lousy for women, immigrants and the economy maybe, we'll see. but he's really good for TV. Our numbers are up too.
HOSTIN: Yeah, that's true. [ Applause ]
BEHAR: May I just extend a thank you to Donald Trump?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I don't know if I'm going to give that to him.
BEHAR: All right, all right.
GOLDBERG: Yeah, you know —
BEHAR: That went too far.
GOLDBERG: That was too far.
BEHAR: What am I thinking?
