As the gossip and drama swirls around “Don’t Worry Darling,” “The View” host Joy Behar seems a little upset by director Olivia Wilde’s criticisms. In such a situation, in Thursday’s episode of the show, the host took a few moments to defend the director.
The ladies began the segment by discussing Wilde’s latest magazine profile, released at Vanity Fair Thursday, and how it factors into the ongoing discussion around the film. Naturally, the conversation increasingly focused more on the situation, with the women voicing their views on what happened.
Host Sunny Hostin said that, amid Wilde’s alleged relationship with Harry Styles; alleged pay disparities between Styles and Pugh (which Wilde has previously denied); and the fact that Wilde claimed to have fired Shia LaBeouf to protect Florence Pugh, only to account for a leaked video allegedly sent by Wilde to LaBeouf in which Wilde had her work on the film for release. asked to reconsider; Hostin worries that Wilde is “taking on the qualities of toxic masculinity.”
At that, Behr jumped in to defend Wilde and pointed to a sexist double standard.
“First of all, the director doesn’t decide the salary, the producer decides the salary,” Behr said. “He can’t have anything — he can’t have anything to do with it. Number two: sleeping with his co-star. It’s been going on with men since silent films.”
Hostin heeded Behr’s words, but questioned whether “that’s what we want”, any director, male or female. To this, Behr admitted “probably not,” but then defended Wilde’s relationship with Styles, citing a lack of uncertainty over the circumstances surrounding it.
“I mean, people meet each other at work,” Behar said. “And I don’t know if there’s a big power play out there. If they want to hook up, I don’t think it’s my business.”
Behar also questioned Wilde’s criticisms regarding Shia LaBeouf, calling the debate whether he was fired or left a “he said/she said” position.
“Why do you believe in him and not in him?” She questioned it, prompting Hostin and Alyssa Farrah Griffin to remind Joey that Wilde’s video had been leaked to LaBeouf, asking if there was still any “hope” that he would stay with the project. could.
Farah Griffin joked that, “There’s more drama here than in the Trump West Wing.” She will, of course, be uniquely positioned to learn that, by 2020, Trump has worked in the White House.
Meanwhile, moderator Whoopi Goldberg was not thrilled with the topic. She supported Behar on her point of view on who decides the salary on a film, but otherwise remained mostly silent. To end the segment, Whoopi began pouring water on herself from her cup, joking that it had suddenly started raining in the studio, and she just had to go for a break.