The View cohost Joy Behar was missing from the talk show for the fourth consecutive episode. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg addressed Behar's absence from the Hot Topics table on the Thursday, January 29, episode of the talk show. "I know you see that Joy isn't here today. She'll be back next week," Goldberg, 70, explained. "You noticed she wasn't here. You knew we weren't lowering her down from the ceiling. But she'll be back." Behar, 83 - who typically has Mondays off - hasn't been on the show since Friday, January 23.