Is The View‘s Joy Behar ready to retire from the long-running daytime talk show? Well, maybe. Even though she has nothing to announce right now, the 82-year-old TV personality might be giving it some thought.

On March 7, Behar appeared on the Behind the Table podcast, hosted by The View‘s executive producer, Brian Teta, where they talked about some of their favorite moments on the show. They reminisced about her and co-host Whoopi Goldberg taking a stand against Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who was reportedly “being ridiculous” on a 2010 episode.

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Behar recalled the iconic moment she and Goldberg walked off the set together. “I felt like the chair was propelling my tuckus right up. And then Whoopi followed me because we’re in solidarity,” she said proudly. “It’s my greatest moment on the show. And when I leave this show, I want you to include that in my package.”

Record scratch — was that just Behar’s retirement announcement? Teta knew how crucial it was for his colleague to “clarify” her statement since headlines would be writing themselves if he didn’t ask for more details.

She responded, “When I do. Everybody leaves eventually. Even you will leave eventually.”

“But there’s no plans for you to go anywhere at the moment?” Teta followed up one more time.

She took a long pause and firmly answered, “No.”

This isn’t the first time Behar’s retirement has been a hot topic. As the longest-running host on the show, she was asked about her future plans ahead of her 80th birthday in 2022. “I just signed a contract, so I’ll be here for a while,” she told People almost three years ago. “I have no plans to retire. Sometimes I don’t believe that, as I’ve been here since the beginning, but we’re the most-watched show in daytime. Most-watched! I’m happy to be a part of it. So no, I’m not going anywhere. I’m having a good time.”

Joy Behar’s history with The View

The comedian was one of the original panelists, along with Barbara Walters, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira and Debbie Matenopoulos, in 1997. The hosts had behind-the-scenes drama from the beginning which was captured in the 2019 book, Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View, but Behar was a still constant on the show for over sixteen years until her departure in 2013.

“It seemed like the right time,” she told our sister site Deadline in March 2013. “You reach a point when you say to yourself, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ There are other things on my plate I want to do — I’ve been writing a play; I’ve been neglecting my standup.”

Her departure didn’t last long because she was a frequent guest host during the 2014 and 2015 television seasons and she eventually returned to the panel full-time in September 2015. “Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in,” Behar said in a 2015 statement via Dan’s Papers. “Plus, [husband] Steve was getting tired of applauding every time I gave my opinion. But I’m happy to be back home.”

Behar has been a fixture at the table ever since, but her time on the show might come to a close sooner versus later — and perhaps she already has a retirement date in mind.

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