Everything about Joy Behar totally explained
Josephina Victoria "Joy" Behar (née
Occhiuto); born
October 7,
1942 is an American
comedienne,
writer,
actress and co-host of the
talk show The View.
Biography
Personal life
Behar, an
Emmy nominated
Italian-American, was born
Josephina Victoria Occhiuto in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
New York; on
October 7,
1942; the daughter of Rose, a seamstress, and Gino Occhiuto, a truck driver. She married Joe Behar, of
Sephardic Jewish descent, in January 1965; they divorced in 1981; they'd one daughter, Eve. Behar nearly died from an
ectopic pregnancy in 1979. When
Fox News show host
Bill O'Reilly contentiously claimed on
The View that it was a mistake for
Rosie O'Donnell to come out as gay and predicted that both her career and
Ellen DeGeneres's would spiral downward because of it, Behar challenged this view. She replied that "someone has to take those risks [inorder for there to be change in society]."
Star Jones, former co-host on
The View, and Behar had well-publicized disputes. On March 27, 2006, Star Jones called into the show to discuss a recent operation that she'd undergone. After talking with the show's co-hosts, Behar abruptly stated to Jones, "OK, Star. That's enough about you. On to us. Bye. Keep your [breasts] perky!" Jones then responded, "Even today, you [Behar] are still a bitch".
Behar has also drawn criticism numerous times from the
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Catholic League president
William A. Donohue remarked that Behar, who was raised a
Roman Catholic, "is no stranger to Catholic bashing", pointed to her statement "Don't you remember when you went to
Communion? In vino veritas. The priests were all drunk, don't you remember?" The Catholic League maintains "there is an anti-Catholic animus evident among the panelists on
The View, with Rosie O'Donnell and Joy Behar being the worst offenders."
Behar again raised eyebrows when she publicly opined that
Democratic Senator Tim Johnson's recent health problems were the result of a
Republican Party conspiracy to retake control of the
Senate. When
conservative co-host
Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked, "Why is everything coming from the liberal perspective a conspiracy?" Behar responded "I know what that Party is capable of."
Further Information
Get more info on 'Joy Behar'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://joy_behar.totallyexplained.com">Joy Behar Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
