Joy Behar, Steve Urkel.Photo:The View;Everett collectionDidshedo that?On Thursday’s episode ofThe View,Joy Beharwas prepared to defend her outfit when one of her co-hosts compared it to a certain ’90s sitcom character.“I wanted to just tell everybody I got a text from Ana Navarro,” Behar said on air.“And she said, she goes, ‘Pull your pants down. They’re riding all the way up to your boobs.’ She said, ‘You look like Urkel.’“For the taping, Behar, 81, dressed in a black sweater and high-waisted red trousers, which Navarro, 51, ultimately compared to that ofFamily Matters' Steve Urkel.After reading her friend’s text aloud, Behar got out of her seat, stood up, and showed off the red pants, prompting plenty of laughter from the audience over the comparison. “How’s this, Ana?” Behar said to the cameras after lifting her pants up higher. “Like this better, Ana?““The girl is trolling me, okay? I’ll see you tomorrow, Ana!“EvenAlyssa Farah Griffinbacked her up on air, declaring that “they’re high-waisted” after the Urkel diss.Joy Behar defends her pants on ‘The View’.The ViewThe high-waisted pants may have caused a stir, but they weren’t the first time Behar’s outfit led to an aside on air. Back in February, the host suffered a wardrobe malfunction while filming a Valentine’s Day episode ofThe View,whenshe andWhoopi Goldbergjoked about what took place over a commercial break.“The biggest surprise happened to us seconds ago when Joy’s bra started making all kinds of eyes at people at the table,” Goldberg, 68, said. “It was like an earthquake and suddenly the bra was like, ‘Hello!’ It was something else,” she said.Behar then quipped that it was her “special gift to all the old people out there on Valentine’s Day.““Well she almost put my eye out from where I was sitting,” Goldberg added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.And even a month before her malfunction, Behar had to defenda black and white striped blazeron set, as her co-hosts compared it to both Beetlejuice and a Foot Locker employee.While it’s unclear if she’ll open up about her style in it, Behar will be detailing her life in a new book slated for release in late 2024 or early 2025. The project, announced at the top of the month, will be released via publisher Regalo Press and will showcase the comedian’s “acute powers of observation and her ability to vividly recreate the little details and fleeting moments thatmake up a lifetime.”

Joy Behar, Steve Urkel.Photo:The View;Everett collection

Joy Behar Defends Her High-Waisted Pants After View Co-Host Ana Navarro Says She ‘Looks like Urkel’

The View;Everett collection

Didshedo that?On Thursday’s episode ofThe View,Joy Beharwas prepared to defend her outfit when one of her co-hosts compared it to a certain ’90s sitcom character.“I wanted to just tell everybody I got a text from Ana Navarro,” Behar said on air.“And she said, she goes, ‘Pull your pants down. They’re riding all the way up to your boobs.’ She said, ‘You look like Urkel.’“For the taping, Behar, 81, dressed in a black sweater and high-waisted red trousers, which Navarro, 51, ultimately compared to that ofFamily Matters' Steve Urkel.After reading her friend’s text aloud, Behar got out of her seat, stood up, and showed off the red pants, prompting plenty of laughter from the audience over the comparison. “How’s this, Ana?” Behar said to the cameras after lifting her pants up higher. “Like this better, Ana?““The girl is trolling me, okay? I’ll see you tomorrow, Ana!“EvenAlyssa Farah Griffinbacked her up on air, declaring that “they’re high-waisted” after the Urkel diss.Joy Behar defends her pants on ‘The View’.The ViewThe high-waisted pants may have caused a stir, but they weren’t the first time Behar’s outfit led to an aside on air. Back in February, the host suffered a wardrobe malfunction while filming a Valentine’s Day episode ofThe View,whenshe andWhoopi Goldbergjoked about what took place over a commercial break.“The biggest surprise happened to us seconds ago when Joy’s bra started making all kinds of eyes at people at the table,” Goldberg, 68, said. “It was like an earthquake and suddenly the bra was like, ‘Hello!’ It was something else,” she said.Behar then quipped that it was her “special gift to all the old people out there on Valentine’s Day.““Well she almost put my eye out from where I was sitting,” Goldberg added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.And even a month before her malfunction, Behar had to defenda black and white striped blazeron set, as her co-hosts compared it to both Beetlejuice and a Foot Locker employee.While it’s unclear if she’ll open up about her style in it, Behar will be detailing her life in a new book slated for release in late 2024 or early 2025. The project, announced at the top of the month, will be released via publisher Regalo Press and will showcase the comedian’s “acute powers of observation and her ability to vividly recreate the little details and fleeting moments thatmake up a lifetime.”

Didshedo that?

On Thursday’s episode ofThe View,Joy Beharwas prepared to defend her outfit when one of her co-hosts compared it to a certain ’90s sitcom character.

“I wanted to just tell everybody I got a text from Ana Navarro,” Behar said on air.

“And she said, she goes, ‘Pull your pants down. They’re riding all the way up to your boobs.’ She said, ‘You look like Urkel.’”

For the taping, Behar, 81, dressed in a black sweater and high-waisted red trousers, which Navarro, 51, ultimately compared to that ofFamily Matters' Steve Urkel.

After reading her friend’s text aloud, Behar got out of her seat, stood up, and showed off the red pants, prompting plenty of laughter from the audience over the comparison. “How’s this, Ana?” Behar said to the cameras after lifting her pants up higher. “Like this better, Ana?”

“The girl is trolling me, okay? I’ll see you tomorrow, Ana!”

EvenAlyssa Farah Griffinbacked her up on air, declaring that “they’re high-waisted” after the Urkel diss.

Joy Behar defends her pants on ‘The View’.The View

oy Behar Defends Her High-Waisted Pants After View Co-Host Ana Navarro Says She ‘Looks like Urkel’

The View

The high-waisted pants may have caused a stir, but they weren’t the first time Behar’s outfit led to an aside on air. Back in February, the host suffered a wardrobe malfunction while filming a Valentine’s Day episode ofThe View,whenshe andWhoopi Goldbergjoked about what took place over a commercial break.

“The biggest surprise happened to us seconds ago when Joy’s bra started making all kinds of eyes at people at the table,” Goldberg, 68, said. “It was like an earthquake and suddenly the bra was like, ‘Hello!’ It was something else,” she said.

Behar then quipped that it was her “special gift to all the old people out there on Valentine’s Day.”

“Well she almost put my eye out from where I was sitting,” Goldberg added.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

And even a month before her malfunction, Behar had to defenda black and white striped blazeron set, as her co-hosts compared it to both Beetlejuice and a Foot Locker employee.

While it’s unclear if she’ll open up about her style in it, Behar will be detailing her life in a new book slated for release in late 2024 or early 2025. The project, announced at the top of the month, will be released via publisher Regalo Press and will showcase the comedian’s “acute powers of observation and her ability to vividly recreate the little details and fleeting moments thatmake up a lifetime.”

source: people.com