Joy Behar Worries Ukraine War Will Ruin Her Trip to Italy

BUCK: The View, I’m starting to think, might actually have been created by conservatives in the background who wanted to make sure that conservative media has plenty to dive into in any given day. And a bit of comedic relief, right? Because those ladies, they’ll talk about the best way to roast a chicken or something, like don’t they do some of that —

CLAY: They do everything, a general interest show.

BUCK: Right, a general interest show.

CLAY: Joy Behar is generally dumb about all subjects of interest — I would argue maybe the dumbest person in all of media, all right?

BUCK: That’s bold. That’s bold talk, Travis.

CLAY: If she’s not the dumbest person in all of media, she is the most inarticulate person in all of media because she consistently says the dumbest things. I would put her up there with Joy Reid. The Duo of the Joys — Joy Reid and Joy Behar — probably the two dumbest people in media based on what I see them say. It’s not like I watch their shows regularly. But I just see their opinions circulating, and I think to myself, “How can you be this dumb?” So, set this clip up.

They are discussing Ukraine — and remember, they just suspended Whoopi Goldberg a couple weeks ago on a show that’s called The View which is ironic because her view was that race was not involved in any of the Nazi-related atrocities that were committed. That was an inappropriate and obviously ignorant and incredibly dumb opinion to have. So they suspended her for two weeks, and Whoopi Goldberg might be the smartest person on this show. So that kind of puts it in perspective. I think Joy Behar is the dumbest. They’re having a conversation — as I’m sure you were very excited to know — about Ukraine and what they thought about Ukraine. Is it Sunny Hostin? Is she one of the hosts?

BUCK: Yeah, she’s the one with the law degree.

CLAY: Okay. Well, she’s the one starting off talking about Ukraine and Putin and then Joy Behar decides to build and the conversation… Well, just listen.

BUCK: Can I say just a second? Look, Sunny Hostin, to her credit, she’s speaking about this in the tone and with the seriousness that it deserves.

CLAY: And accurate.

BUCK: And accurate. And then it’s just like the car gets driven right off cliff by Joy Behar with, “I know. It’s terrible. I haven’t been able to go to the Amalfi Coast and have fresh-made pasta in years! How am I even gonna know if my margarita pie is as delicious there!” Clay, I don’t know. You wonder. You wonder what —

CLAY: These are scripted shows. For people out there who haven’t done television, they say, “Hey, in this topic we’re gonna discuss Ukraine,” right? It’s not like you sit down. For people out there who might not understand, television is like a play. It’s somewhat scripted. I’ve done daily television for years. “Hey, in this part of the show we’re gonna talk…” I do sports. “Hey, we’re gonna talk about whether Tom Brady’s gonna retire or not.” It’s not like you just sit down.

Radio is a little bit less scripted, right? We can talk about during the breaks, like, “Hey, we’re gonna go to this direction,” so they knew they were talking about Ukraine. And Joy Behar jumps right in, right? Sunny Hostin’s making points about the seriousness of the issue and everything else. And she immediately says, I’m worried about what this is essentially gonna do to my vacation to Italy. That’s her response?

It’s tone-deaf in a way where she’s a comedian. She could at least make fun of herself and how little she understands about the situation or how focused she is on only how it could impact her and be a little bit self-aware. But, no. The media direction she takes the discussion on Ukraine is how is it going to impact her trip to Italy which she hasn’t been able to take in four years.

BUCK: Like I said, I am at some level thankful that The View exists so that —

CLAY: How much money you think she makes a year, Buck?

BUCK: People talk about these things. It’s definitely millions. I’d say probably four, four or five million a year.

CLAY: She’s been doing that show a long time, right?

BUCK: Yeah, she makes four or five million dollars a year to sit there and just be like, “I mean my trip to Italy. What’s gonna happen to it?”

CLAY: Is she the most…? She’s obviously, in my opinion — not obviously. In my opinion, she is the dumbest person on there are other people who —

BUCK: That’s a really… I mean, Clay, we might have to fight that one out a little bit. There’s a lot of contenders for the dumbest liberal, the dumbest leftist. Or just dumbest person, period.

CLAY: You could be broad in media, and they could also include sports media ’cause there’s some really dumb people in sports media, maybe even dumber, because they don’t even have to talk about Ukraine.

BUCK: Tell Keith to take his — Keith Olbermann to take his meds on his Twitter, Clay. And I have to say, I think you were trying to be helpful, ’cause that guy needs help.

CLAY: But the Joy Behar making $5 million a year is, in addition to the fact she’s dumb, may be the highest overpay in history. Who is paying…? Say Joy Behar is making $5 million a year. Okay. Who’s paying Joy Behar $4 million a year? Who’s paying her two?