Taking A ‘Hiatus’: ‘The View’ Takes A Break As Trump Turns Up The Heat

The View co-host Joy Behar let slip that the show is taking a ‘hiatus,’ a day after the Trump administration called for its cancelation.

Behar, 82, dropped the news on Thursday’s show, saying: ‘Before we go on hiatus, we only have one more show after this.’

‘I’m allowed to say that, right?’ she appeared to say to someone off camera in a conspiratorial tone.

‘Too late now,’ co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin joked.

At the end of the program, co-host Whoopi Goldberg said the The View would return for a new season in September.

ABC did not respond to a request for comment. A source said the hiatus is part of the daytime show’s annual summer break.

The View typically takes a summer hiatus once a year. The hosts were away for a week for their yearly Fourth of July break, returning on July 7.

A day before Behar’s announcement, the White House issued a statement calling her ‘an irrelevant loser’ after she claimed on The View that Trump was ‘jealous’ of former President Barack Obama.

‘It’s no surprise that “The View’s” ratings hit an all-time low last year,’ a White House spokesperson said in response. ‘[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.’