“The View” Things got a bit steamy when host Sunny Hostin got Joy Behar to read a more, um, suggestive excerpt from her new book live on the air Thursday morning. Naturally, the moment ended in the women giggling and hiding their blushing faces.
To start the Hot Topic, Whoopi Goldberg mentioned that a sex therapist recently said that “reading erotica is more effective than watching it.” With that, Whoopi immediately asked Behar, who is known for promoting a healthy sex drive.
Behar repeated her advice, saying it typically involves having a drink on an empty stomach, reading a sexy book or watching a movie, and then meeting a new man.
“I feel like the Dr. Ruth of this table,” she joked, referring to the German-American sex therapist who wrote “Sex for Dummies.”
So when Hostin suggested a possible book — “Summer on Highland Beach,” the third in her self-written series — Whoopi encouraged Behar to use Dr. Ruth’s German accent to read a part. And she did.
“Desire hit her hard and fast,” Behar read with a thick accent. “She was burning up, sparked by fire, lit by joy. (dropping accent) Really? (in renewed accent) She’d forgotten how delicious spearmint tasted on her lips.”
But apparently, that wasn’t the excerpt Hostin wanted her to read. So, she pointed out another, prompting Behar to push back a little when she saw the content.
“Oh it’s so bad,” she said. “You really want me to read that? Oh my god.”
However, Behar eventually gave in and — in just her normal voice this time — read out the sentence she was told: “She finally honored his demand, cupped his ass, and guided him inside.”
After she finished, Behar hid her face in the book while her cohosts stomped their feet, giggled, blushed, and cheered. In the meantime, executive producer Brian Teta followed Behar’s lead and was hiding his face in his hands, shaking his head.
“The View” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.
