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lashed out at her colleague Ana Navarro for saying Joy Behar was previously “fired” from the daytime talk show, something Behar herself has been candid about.

On Monday’s broadcast, the ladies of “The View” paid tribute to the show’s co-creator Bill Geddie, who died on Thursday at age 68.

Navarro shared how Behar, who was absent from the broadcast, had deeply admired the late executive producer despite their past tensions, saying “Bill hired Joy and fired Joy, yet she still loves him.”She reiterated that sentiment while discussing her ouster from “The View” on “The View” in February 2023.

“I always have friends where I work, and if I don’t have friends at the job, I will not keep the job,” Behar told her colleagues. “So, when I was fired last time from this show, people say to me, ‘Were you okay with that?’ and my answer is I was happy because all my friends had left already. So, there was no reason to stay anymore. I mean it.”