Joy Behar has yet to respond to the controversy.
Joy Behar is a comedian known more recently for her hosting duties on The View. The 76-year-old has now come under fire due to a 2016 episode of the talk show where she admitted to once dressing as a “Beautiful African Woman” for Halloween. Joy was 29-years-old at the time and she told the audience that although her curly hair was natural, she used “makeup that was a little bit darker.”
At the time, the only non-white co-host next to her was Raven-Symoné who seemed puzzled and kept questioning just what she was looking at since the photo was also shown to the studio audience. The resurfaced clip was shared by The Wrap media editor Jon Levine which sparked endless comments and conversations on Twitter.
Joy Behar admitted during a taping of The View in 2016 to dressing as a “beautiful African women” at a Halloween party when she was 29 which involved makeup “that was a little bit darker than my skin”
The show even ran an image of the old photo pic.twitter.com/qKQqzDPxyn
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 6, 2019
The clip is even taking on more steam since Virginia Democrats are also coming under fire for old photos of them in blackface from their post-secondary days.
“@JoyVBehar because you put the word “beautiful” before blackface we are just supposed to say, oh it’s ok,” one Twitter user wrote. “Others meaning republicans have been “fired” for using the word blackface. Guess double standards ok for your hypocritical nonsense and the pure BS you preach!! #firejoybehar.”
Check out more reactions below and let us know what you think in the comments.
So @JoyVBehar wears blackface for Halloween years ago & gets away with it because why? #Hipocracy https://t.co/sabehFl3i6
— The Closer (@BringInTheLefty) February 7, 2019
So its ok for @JoyVBehar to wear blackface but not anyone else? Please explain @TheView because other people are losing their jobs and being labeled racists over it… Why is it different??
— Jake Long (@jakelong423) February 7, 2019
@JoyVBehar So please tell us. Are you calling yourself beautiful in blackface? What part of your makeup makes the blackface beautiful? Which Joy!?? I guarantee you didn't describe yourself that way when you were wearing it. Maybe something a little more derogatory.
— Brian (@777oldbubba) February 7, 2019
Note to all the racist POS that think this is blackface.🗣IT IS NOT!!!! Joy Behar DID NOT use black shoe polish and she clearly looks like herself, not a mockery of a black person! Y’all are reaching because you hate her so much but this is just ri-damn-diculous!😡 #JoyBehar pic.twitter.com/u1HQcgySF7
— Ericka Strong🧩 (@asize12) February 7, 2019
MegynKelly was fired from her show for asking a hypothetical question about blackface. Joy Behar actually wore blackface, and admitted it, and showed a picture of it on TV, yet she still has her job. https://t.co/dIJdoMmhmz
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 7, 2019
Now Joy Behar from ABC admits she dressed up in Blackface – if everyone else is being subject to scrutiny why not her ?
— Joe D (@JoeD24CT) February 7, 2019
