NEW YORK (AP) β A new posting of a 2016 segment of βThe Viewβ is drawing attention to co-host Joy Behar, who in it shows a photo of herself in costume as an African woman.
The 76-year-old did not mention the clip on Thursdayβs show, one day after an editor for the entertainment website The Wrap tweeted the segment of Behar discussing a resurgence of curly hair.
During the 2016 segment, Behar displayed a 1970s-era photo of herself at a Halloween party when she was 29. She says that the hair was her own and that she had dressed as a βbeautiful African woman.β
Co-host Raven-Symone asked whether she had on tanning lotion. Behar, an outspoken liberal, said she wore makeup βthat was a little bit darker than my skin.β
Messages seeking comment were not returned from Beharβs agent and the ABC program.
Critics were quick to point out that NBC cut ties with host Megyn Kelly last year after she created a furor by suggesting that it was OK for white people to wear blackface on Halloween.
This week, Virginiaβs governor and attorney generalΒ are being criticizedΒ for their use of blackface. Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned last month after a photo surfaced showing him wearing blackface and dressing as a βHurricane Katrina victim.β
Other white celebrities who have been called out for using blackface include Julianne Hough, who in 2012 dressed as characters from Netflixβs βOrange Is the New Black,β and βReal Housewives of New Yorkβ star LuAnn De Lesseps, who dressed as Diana Ross for Halloween in 2017.
