White House threatens to cancel The View over ‘irrelevant loser’ Joy Behar

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Following Joy Behar’s criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday’s episode of The View, the White House has threatened to pull the plug on the long-running daytime talk show.

Behar and the other co-hosts were discussing Trump’s apparent jealousy of former president Barack Obama.

On Tuesday, Obama was forced to issue a rare statement denying Trump’s “bizarre allegations” that he was Russiagate “ringleader” and “was trying to lead a coup,” Fox News reported.

During Wednesday’s Hot Topic segment to discuss the comments, Behar quickly jumped in.

“First of all, who tried to overthrow the government on Jan. 6? Who was that again? That was not Obama,” the fiery redhead said, referencing the deadly riots on the U.S. Capitol in 2021 during a Trump rally.

“The thing about him is he’s so jealous of Obama, because Obama is everything that he is not: Trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green’s song Let’s Stay Together better than Al Green.

“And Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy.”

In response to her remarks, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers issued a statement to Entertainment Weekly, referencing the potential for the talk show be “pulled” from the airwaves.

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“Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump derangement syndrome,” Rogers said in the email.

Rogers noted that Behar “should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump’s historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off air.”

The statement comes days after The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was cancelled by CBS amid a political firestorm — about which Behar had plenty to say on the Behind the Table podcast.

CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, has been widely accused of seeking to curry favour with Trump for business reasons — particularly its pending sale to Skydance Media, which needs approval by the Federal Communications Commission to move forward.

Following news of Colbert’s cancellation, FCC chair Brendan Carr took to X to write, “The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing.

“They’re acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics.”

A The View spokesperson did not address Rogers’ statement, but took issue with comments about the show’s allegedly low ratings, according to EW.

They pointed to figures that the show “is up in total viewers and women 18-49, versus the comparable weeks last season, to its most-watched in four years” and “season to date, The View is ranking No. 1 in households and total viewers among all network daytime talk shows and news programs for the fifth straight season.”