NEW YORK (AP) โ A new posting of a 2016 segment of โThe Viewโ 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 Thursdayโs 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 โbeautiful African woman.โ
Co-host Raven-Symone asked whether she had on tanning lotion. Behar, an outspoken liberal, said she wore makeup โthat was a little bit darker than my skin.โ
Messages seeking comment were not returned from Beharโs 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, Virginiaโs governor and attorney generalย are being criticizedย 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 โHurricane Katrina victim.โ
Other white celebrities who have been called out for using blackface include Julianne Hough, who in 2012 dressed as characters from Netflixโs โOrange Is the New Black,โ and โReal Housewives of New Yorkโ star LuAnn De Lesseps, who dressed as Diana Ross for Halloween in 2017.
