White House Calls ‘The View’s’ Joy Behar an “Irrelevant Loser” After She Says Trump’s “Jealous of Obama”
President Donald Trump‘s administration isn’t just taking aim at late night hosts, as they’ve now turned their attention to daytime programming.
The White House had some strong words to say about The View co-host Joy Behar after she said Trump was “so jealous” of former President Barack Obama.
Behar’s comments were made during Wednesday’s episode of ABC’s daytime talk show, when the panel — consisting of Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin — was discussing Trump’s recent attack on his predecessor. During an earlier press conference, in an attempt to distract from questions about the Jeffrey Epstein files, Trump accused Obama of “treason” and his administration of trying to “steal” the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
In response, Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush called Trump’s claims “outrageous,” “bizarre” and a “weak attempt at distraction.”
On The View, Behar also had some thoughts. “First of all, who tried to overthrow the government on Jan. 6. Who was that again? That was not Obama,” she said, referring to the deadly insurrection on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which was mostly led by Trump’s supporters.
“The thing about him is he’s so jealous of Obama, because Obama is everything that he is not: trim, smart, handsome, happily married and can sing Al Green’s song ‘Let’s Stay Together’ better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy,” Behar added.
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers then clapped back at the View co-host in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, which read, “Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s no surprise that The View’s ratings hit an all-time low last year. She should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump’s historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off air.”
Over the past week, Trump has been firing off attacks at late night hosts after it was announced that Stephen Colbert‘s The Late Show would be coming to an end in May 2026. CBS, which is owned by Paramount Global, cited a “financial decision” amid a declining linear TV landscape for the cancellation. However, there has been other speculation swirling as the news came shortly after Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit from Trump, who sued over former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview. Sources previously told THR that Paramount believes the lawsuit posed a threat to Skydance’s deal to acquire the company, as it seeks approval by the FCC under the Trump administration. Colbert has openly criticized the settlement on his CBS show.
Following the news, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to positively gloat about The Late Show being canceled, writing, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert!”
Colbert later clapped back at the president, saying on his show, “How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go fuck yourself.”
