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The View's Joy Behar mercilessly mocked after admitting to bizarre relationship habit
Joy Behar has been branded a 'bit weird' by her co-hosts on The View after she revealed a surprising habit that she and her husband on 14 years have fallen into.
During Tuesday's episode of the ABC talk show, the journalist shamelessly shared that she and her other half, Steven Janowitz, enjoy watching the same television show at the same time… but separately.
Joy exposed her peculiar pastime as she kickstarted a discussion on a new trend called 'screen divorce,' where couples watch their favorite shows solo.
It comes after a recent poll claimed that 55 percent of couples argue over what television shows to watch.
Addressing co-stars Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro, Joy admitted: 'Steve and I will be in different rooms watching the same Law and Order rerun.
'I go to the bedroom because I need the ceiling fan since I've been menopausal for 40 years, but he's in the other room watching the exact same show.'
'Oh, I thought you watched different shows,' a gobsmacked Sunny, 56, remarked.
'No,' Joy said matter-of-factly. 'We watch the same show.'
'That's a little bit weird,' Ana, 53, responded.
'Why doesn't he join you in there?' asked a perplexed Sara, 47.
But Joy fired back at the criticism. 'Why is it weird?' she pressed, adding that she isn't open to buying a handheld fan so she could join her husband to watch the serial together.
'I have one in my bedroom, why do I have to buy another fan?' she said. 'People should strive for this: Quality time apart.'
Her co-hosts couldn't understand Joy's need for space, with Sunny revealing that while she and her husband, Manny Hostin, watch romcoms and fantasy series together, he'll watch his dystopian and horror favorites alone.
Ana shared that she and her spouse, Al Cárdenas, also watch their favorite shows by themselves because they don't have the same taste in programs.
As she wrapped up the discussion, Joy added: 'My thing about the separate rooms is a very good form of contraception, so remember that.'
Joy married her second husband, middle school math teacher Steve, in 2011.
The pair had been in a relationship for nearly 30 years before they tied the knot in a private ceremony, held in New York City.
'I waited until all the parents were dead,' she told Rachael Ray in 2011. 'So I have no in-laws at all.
'He has none and I have none. 'Cause marriage is mostly about in-laws, I find.
'They always want you to visit them and come for lasagna.'
She also joked: 'If he was going to get down on one knee, I wanted it to be during the time when he could still get up from one knee!'
Joy shares 54-year-old daughter, Eve, with her first husband, Joe Behar, whom she was married to between 1965 and 1981.
