One of the most talked-about controversies Behar got into was in November 2019, after she claimed, in a heated interview with Donald Trump Junior, that she had never worn blackface.
Her claim was immediately contradicted on Twitter by the president's eldest son, sharing a video — a 2016 episode of The View — where the television host admitted dressing as "a beautiful African woman" at a Halloween party back in the 1970s.
"Here's @TheView's Joy Behar admitting on national TV that she, in fact, wore blackface. Why are they denying it now?" he questioned.
Trump Jr.'s counter-attack prompted others to roast Behar, as many netizens took to Twitter to bash her.
When the backlash went too far, and people started saying she was disrespecting black people. She took to Twitter to clarify that the community had her back, and she was paying homage to the community.
"Excuse me! Excuse me! That’s not true. The Black community had my back, they know that was not blackface, that was an homage," she wrote.
