TV Joy Behar asks Sara Haines about past 'lesbian relationship' live on The View: 'That was off-air that she told us that' Alyssa Farah Griffin jumped in to remind the 82-year-old that Haines made the reveal to her cohosts during an off-camera moment. "Now it's on air," Sunny Hostin said. By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on October 30, 2024 01:19PM EDT Comments Joy Behar just pulled perhaps the wildest Joy Behar moment of the year during The View's latest live broadcast. In the closing moments of the show's wild day of Hot Topics on Wednesday, the 82-year-old comedian paused Whoopi Goldberg's plug for cohost Sara Haines' upcoming appearance on the show's Behind the Table companion podcast to ask a question about her colleague's romantic past with another woman. "It’s crazy, but Sara is on the podcast today with her fabulous parents, who are here with us today," Goldberg said as the show's camera cut to a shot of Haines' parents sitting in the studio audience, before Behar cut in. "I have to ask her a question," Behar interrupted. "Are you going to bring up that lesbian relationship you said you had, back at Smith [College]?" Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar on 'The View'. ABC Haines and her cohosts appeared to be stunned by the question, with Haines looking toward her parents to say, "Dad, earmuffs! Earmuffs!" Alyssa Farah Griffin reminded Behar, "that was off-air that she told us that," before Sunny Hostin observed, "now it's on-air!" Haines attempted to move on from the moment, joking, "It’s a good thing my dad doesn’t always watch." Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a representative for The View for comment. The moment came after a prior segment that saw the cohosts debating whether or not it was appropriate to remain in friendly contact with past romantic partners, with Haines admitting that she recently attempted to contact one of her exes. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. The View star, ex-Trump staffer says Joe Biden 'needs to stay off all media' until election day after 'garbage' comment In 2016, Haines cemented herself as a community icon when she iconically discussed her involvement in a gay volleyball league with her brother, who is gay. "I went to Smith College, which leans left, and I once substituted for my brother, who is gay, on a New York volleyball team of all-gay men and never left the league," she told TV Insider. "So now I have more gay friends than straight ones. Combine all that and it leaves me somewhere in the middle. I’m a melting pot of beliefs." Haines, 47, is currently married to Max Shifrin, and the couple have three children together. The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC.