For Those Who Can’t Get Enough of Joy Behar on ‘The View,’ the Comedian Now Has a Play, ‘My First Ex-Husband’

It consists of eight monologues she crafted after interviewing a diverse group of divorcées. The result is something along the lines of Nora and Delia Ephron’s ‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore,’ but with less sartorial detail and more whining.

Joan Marcus
Joy Behar in 'My First Ex-Husband. Joan Marcus

Even if you don’t watch the celebrity coffee klatch broadcast weekday mornings on ABC, “The View,” chances are you’ve heard about the socio-political musings of its hosts, who embarrass thoughtful liberals and progressives on a regular basis. Just recently, Joy Behar, who has been with the show since its inception, lit up social media with the characteristically incisive observation that the new White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, had likely been hired “because, according to Donald Trump, she’s a 10.”

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