The View Joy Behar Shares Near-Death Experience

The View co-host Joy Behar confessed that she had a near-death experience. She talked about a medical scare that required a trip to the emergency room. Joy that she reached the end of her life. Read on to learn more.

Joy Behar Shares Medical Crisis

The comedian opened up about her secret medical crisis. Joy Behar has a new lease on life after going through that horrifying incident.

She opened up about it on the Wednesday, January 31 episode of The View: Behind the Table podcast. The talk show’s executive producer Brian Teta asked Joy about a moment that forever changed her life.

He normally asks each of the co-hosts this question on the podcast. Joy recalled a time when she was rushed to the ER. She suffered an ectopic pregnancy. The traumatic episode led Joy to think she was about to die.

“I thought I was gonna be dead,” Joy Behar explained. “The friggin doctor was out playing golf. I’m pleading internally, screaming, ‘Help me, I’m dying!’ I was. Literally, I thought I was dying.”

According to The Mayo Clinic, an ectopic pregnancy happens when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the uterus. If left untreated, it can cause internalized bleeding, which can be fatal. Joy had to undergo surgery to have her fallopian tube removed so she could survive.

“They wheeled me into the OR (Operating Room), the doctors not there yet. I said, ‘Give me something!’ I was in such pain,” Joy exclaimed. “So that’s the end of that. They save me, I live. I’m minus a fallopian tube. It’s okay, I can live without it.”

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The View Co-Host Shares New Lease On Life

Joy Behar revealed that the incident made her think differently about life. She knew she had to make some lifestyle changes.

“And then the time would go by, and I’m thinking, ‘Is that all there is to the circus? Is that all there is?'” Joy continued. “I’m 40 years old – 39 or 40 – and this is it, and I haven’t done what I wanted to do yet. So I managed to do every single thing I wanted to do after that. Including getting a divorce.”

The View co-host admitted that it happened around the same time she split from her ex-husband Joseph Behar. Joy was also fired from her position on Good Morning America.

She worked as a receptionist at the time. Joy had dreams of becoming a stand-up comic, but she was fired in 1983.

What are your thoughts on Joy Behar’s near-death experience? Does this surprise you? What’s a moment that gave you a new look on life? Sound off below in the comment section.