“The View” host Joy Behar has been quiet about her “beautiful African woman” costume since a 2016 clip resurfaced Wednesday as politicians and organizations are in hot water over blackface controversies. WATCH: Behar went as a “beautiful African woman” for a Halloween party when she was 29-years-old. Behar also admitted to wearing makeup that was darker than her skin. The clip originally aired on May 13, 2016, according to Jezebel, which made comments about Behar’s costume choice that year. (RELATED: It’s Been Over 24 Hours Since Kathy Griffin Wanted The Covington Catholic School Boys Doxxed. Twitter Hasn’t Taken Down Her Tweets) Critics pointed out that Megyn Kelly was ousted for questioning blackface as offensive behavior while Behar remains on the show. Megyn Kelly was fired from her show for asking a hypothetical question about blackface. Joy Behar actually wore blackface, and admitted it, and showed a picture of it on TV, yet she still has her job. https://t.co/dIJdoMmhmz — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 7, 2019 “What is racist?” Kelly asked on her then NBC show Megyn Kelly Today. “You get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween, or a black person that puts on white face for Halloween. That was okay when I was a kid as long as you were dressing like a character.” Kelly left NBC days after the blackface comments. The U.S. has also seen blackface controversies in recent days with Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam in a media storm for a yearbook picture that shows one person in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan costume. Virginia Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring also admitted to wearing blackface at a college party in 1980 on Wednesday. Luxury European brand Gucci was also under fire for selling sweaters that appeared to look like blackface. The brand issued an apology over Twitter Wednesday. Behar’s representatives and ‘The View’ did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. Follow Neetu on Twitter Send tips to: neetu@dailycallernewsfoundation.org Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<doc-sep>Joy Behar and ABC were silent Thursday after an old photo resurfaced of "The View" co-host using makeup to darken her skin for a Halloween costume, the latest flashpoint in a week when a series of blackface scandals made national headlines. The 76-year-old didn't mention the clip on Thursday's show, one day after an editor for the entertainment website The Wrap tweeted the three-year-old segment of Behar discussing a resurgence of curly hair. During the 2016 segment, Behar, an outspoken liberal, displayed a 1970s-era photo of herself at a Halloween party when she was 29. She said that the hair was her own and that she had dressed as a "beautiful African woman." Co-host Raven-Symoné, who gasped when she saw the image, asked whether she had on tanning lotion. Behar said she wore makeup "that was a little bit darker than my skin." "You mean blackface?" Symoné responded. Moments later, Symoné said, "I love it though." In a 2016 episode of "The View," Joy Behar showed this photo of herself from a 1970s-era Halloween party. She said she wore darker makeup and went as a "beautiful African woman." ABC/The View Messages seeking comment were not returned from Behar's agent and the ABC program. The Wrap notes the discussion on set in 2016 was sparked after Behar wrote a New York Times op-ed touting the benefits of naturally curly hair. Critics were quick to point out that NBC cut ties with host Megyn Kelly last year after she created a furor by suggesting that it was OK for white people to wear blackface on Halloween. This week, Virginia's governor and attorney general are being criticized for their use of blackface in the 1980s. Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned last month after a photo surfaced showing him wearing blackface as part of a "Hurricane Katrina victim" costume. Other white celebrities who have been called out for using blackface include Julianne Hough, who in 2012 dressed as characters from Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," and "Real Housewives of New York" star LuAnn De Lesseps, who dressed as Diana Ross for Halloween in 2017.<doc-sep>The Wrap media editor Jon Levine resurfaced an old clip of "The View" on Wednesday in which hosts, including Joy Behar, discuss Behar's past use of blackface for a Halloween costume. Video of the 2016 episode posted by Levine shows Behar discussing the photo in a joking manner with then-co-hosts including Raven-Symone, who asked Behar: "Joy, are you black?" ADVERTISEMENT "Joy — are you my auntie, Joy?" the "That's So Raven" star, who is black, jokes in the video. "Did you have tanning lotion on, Joy?" Behar responds, admitting that she used makeup "that was a little bit darker than my skin." Joy Behar admitted during a taping of The View in 2016 to dressing as a “beautiful African women” at a Halloween party when she was 29 which involved makeup “that was a little bit darker than my skin” The show even ran an image of the old photo pic.twitter.com/qKQqzDPxyn — Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 6, 2019 Levine's video had been viewed hundreds of thousands of time by Thursday morning. ABC News didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill. The video depicting Behar discussing her use of blackface comes as Virginia's state government is engulfed in controversy over two separate admissions of wearing blackface in the past from Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and Attorney General Mark Herring (D). The state's lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax (D), is also battling accusations of sexual assault that surfaced this week. Numerous Democrats, including both of Virginia's senators, called on Northam to resign in the days following his admission last week that he wore blackface to a dance party and discovery of a photo depicting men in blackface and KKK robes on his medical school yearbook page.<doc-sep>ABC News’ “The View” co-host Joy Behar remained stone silent Thursday regarding old footage of her donned in blackface that was unearthed this week as similar images have caused outrage and derailed careers. Behar did not address the situation during the first episode of “The View” to air after her controversial decades-old image caused an uproar on social media. ABC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment. PHOTO OF JOY BEHAR DRESSED AS ‘BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN WOMAN’ RESURFACES Footage of Behar dressing up as a “beautiful African woman” was resurfaced by TheWrap media editor Jon Levine on Wednesday amid a series of blackface scandals making national headlines. The image of a 29-year-old Behar wearing makeup intended to darken her skin was aired on “The View” back in 2016 when the panel discussed the resurgence of naturally curly hair. The co-hosts appeared surprised by her drastically different look. Raven-Symoné, a former co-host, asked a the time, "Joy, are you black?" "I was so cute," Behar said in the 2016 clip. "Joy... are you my auntie, Joy?" Raven-Symoné joked. VIRGINIA AG MARK HERRING ADMITS WEARING BLACKFACE AT 1980 COLLEGE PARTY Behar then explained that the picture was taken at a Halloween party where she dressed up as a "beautiful African woman" and stressed that it was her actual hair. "Did you have tanning lotion on, Joy?" Raven-Symoné asked. Behar responded by saying she wore makeup "that was a little bit darker than my skin." “I can’t really get too bothered at this blackface-lite costume because it was 1971 and people didn’t even know what microaggressions were. I’m more flabbergasted by her willingness to pull this photo out and proudly show the world as if it’s totally cool in the year 2016,” Jezebel’s Kara Brown wrote after the 2016 segment. While the 2016 segment didn’t spark much outrage, NBC famously cut ties with Megyn Kelly last year for pondering aloud whether dressing in blackface for Halloween could be acceptable. Media watchdogs quickly hit Twitter to compare Behar’s situation to what ended Kelly’s time at the Peacock Network. Last week, Virginia’s Democratic Governor Ralph Northam offered an apology after a photograph emerged on his medical school yearbook page that featured a man in blackface and another in a KKK robe. He reversed course the next day, claiming he wasn’t in that photo but did admit to wearing blackface when dressing up as Michael Jackson for a costume contest. Countless prominent politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for him to step down as a result. KIMMEL, FALLON AVOID NORTHAM CONTROVERSY IN MONOLOGUES; BOTH HAVE HISTORIES USING BLACKFACE IN SKITS Democratic Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, who had previously called on Northam to resign, released a statement Wednesday that he also wore blackface in college. Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, who have both also worn blackface on comedy skits without backlash, have skirted the Virginia Democrats' blackface scandals in their late-night monologues. Meanwhile, Gucci apologized this week for producing a sweater that resembled blackface, and Florida's Secretary of State resigned last month after old blackface photos surfaced. Back in 2013, actress Julianne Hough was slammed for dressing up as a black character from the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black. Soccer star Andres Iniesta even appologized last month when he was criticized for posing with two people dressed in blackface. Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.<doc-sep>
A video has resurfaced of Joy Behar admitting on ABC’s “The View” in 2016 that she darkened her skin while dressing as an “African woman” for Halloween in the 1970s. In the clip, Ms. Behar boasted about how she has naturally curly hair and gave evidence by showing a photo of her 29-year-old self at a Halloween party. Shocked at the difference in her appearance, former co-host Raven-Symoné asked, “Joy, are you black?” “I was so cute,” Ms. Behar said. “I was 29. It was a Halloween party. I went as a beautiful African woman.” Ms. Behar added that she wore makeup “that was a little bit darker than my skin.” “That’s my actual hair though,” she said. The video circulated on Twitter Wednesday amid a national conversation about blackface. Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, is facing mounting calls for his resignation after he admitted to donning blackface for a Michael Jackson dance party more than 30 years ago, and a picture also surfaced from his medical school yearbook that showed a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, also a Democrat, is similarly facing backlash after he admitted this week to wearing blackface during a college party in 1980. Joy Behar admitted during a taping of The View in 2016 to dressing as a “beautiful African women” at a Halloween party when she was 29 which involved makeup “that was a little bit darker than my skin” The show even ran an image of the old photo pic.twitter.com/qKQqzDPxyn — Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 6, 2019 Ms. Behar, filling in for co-host Whoopi Goldberg as the moderator on “The View,” made no mention of her Halloween costume during Thursday’s episode. Co-host Ana Navarro briefly alluded to the backlash when Ms. Behar complained she felt like she was being strangled by her bulky necklace. “I do know there’s a few people who would like to strangle you,” Ms. Navarro quipped. Sign up for Daily Newsletters Manage Newsletters Copyright © 2021 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.