Posted on 03/09/2018 2:34:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Joy Behar has apologized to Vice President Mike Pence for comparing his Christian faith to a "mental illness" after the network and its sponsors received tens of thousands of complaints.
The Washington Post reported late Thursday that a phone call took place between Behar and Pence during which she apologized for her remarks on the ABC daytime talk show "The View" last month. The two reportedly spoke about how they were both raised Roman Catholic and Pence told her he was confirmed with the name "Christopher."
"Yes, she did speak to Vice President Pence, they had a great, very nice conversation," said Bill Stankey, Behar's spokesperson.
"The vice president was very gracious and very understanding. He understood that Joy wasn't attacking anybody and that there was some miscommunication."
However, an email from a White House source to The Washington Post noted that Behar "in no way suggested her comment was a 'miscommunication.'"
"She apologized to the vice president, he accepted and said he wasn't offended by her comment for his own sake but on behalf of the millions of evangelicals who watch ABC and her show," the source said.
"He encouraged her to make the same apology publicly on the show that she did privately to him."
Behar's comments occurred on the Feb. 13 episode of the daytime talk show where she and her co-hosts were discussing former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman's criticisms of him on the reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother."
"The View" showed a segment of Newman telling her fellow competitors that Pence, an evangelical Christian, was scary and "extreme" and that "he thinks Jesus tells him to say things."
"I don't know that I want my vice president, um — speaking in tongues and having Jesus speak to him," "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin commented after the clip was shown.
Behar then added, "It's one thing to talk to Jesus. It's another thing when Jesus talks to you. That's called mental illness, if I'm not correct, hearing voices."
The next day the vice president criticized ABC when asked about Behar's words, saying he wanted to just laugh about it but could not let it slide.
"It's an insult not to me, but to the vast majority of the American people who, like me, cherish their faith," Pence said.
"It demonstrates how out of touch some in the mainstream media are with the faith and values of the American people. That you could have a major network like ABC permit a forum for invective against religion like that."
Meghan McCain, the lone conservative co-host on "The View," said she was embarrassed by Behar's remarks and took it upon herself to apologize to Pence two days after they were uttered.
Disney, which owns ABC, addressed Behar's comments during a Thursday shareholders' meeting. Justin Danhof, a shareholder and the general counsel for the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research, pressed Disney chief executive Bob Iger during a question-and-answer period of the meeting about what he referred to as ABC's penchant for "bashing conservative or religious Americans," referencing Behar's Feb. 13 remarks.
"What do you say to the tens of millions of Christians, and President Trump supporters, that your networks have so blatantly offended and ascribed hateful labels?" he asked.
"Specifically, do you think, like Mrs. Hostin and Mrs. Behar, that the Christian faith is akin to a dangerous mental illness?"
Iger relayed that Behar apologized to Pence, and that he thought it was "absolutely appropriate."
The conservative Media Research Center spearheaded a campaign to hold "The View" accountable for giving "anti-Christian bigotry," a platform. MRC's effort yielded approximately 30,000 calls demanding that Behar apologize, in addition to around 6,000 calls to the talk show's sponsors, Fox News reported.
"God bless Joy Behar! That she was big enough to call Vice President Pence and apologize for her impolitic comments about his faith is great news," wrote evangelical author Eric Metaxas on his Facebook page late Thursday night.
"When someone apologizes, we accept. Here's to civility and humbly admitting when we are wrong. We need more of this. Thank you, Joy!"
The ugly-a$$ hag apologized. Good, but she still hates Pence.
Yeah sure.....the rabid liberal apologized to Mike.....
But the very next day on-air she said C-PAC had a “penchant for Nazis.”
The question is, did Joy mean it or was she forced by her boss?
I think we know the answer to that.
She apologized because the powers-that-be forced her to. Possibly in the realm of “do it or take a hike.” She ain’t one bit sorry. If she’s bigoted against Christians in public, imagine what she says in private.
Let’s hope Pence with the “good intentions” doesn’t allow himself to be fooled by all of this.
Well, I guess that makes it alright - after you’ve insulted and offended Pence’s faith on national television in front of millions, you can apologize on the phone in private, and we’re all square?
LOL
Anyone who believes this evil hag’s apology was sincere — well, I have an awfully nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you...
Oprah says she’s waiting for God to tell her whether to run for President, but of course Leftards don’t have a problem with that.
No. She needs to do this on the view so all can see and hear.
She had to apologize after the Orpah said she was waiting on word from God.
Dems don’t mess with the Orpah.
I didn’t read the whole thing, but I see she apologized to Pence during a phone call.
The problem is, social graces dictate that you can’t insult someone publicly and apologize to them privately.
She needs to apologize publicly on The View, if she hasn’t already.
As a former catholic, I can attest that most Catholics treat evangelicals like pariah’s. Joy is a Catholic.
Apology not accepted!!!! Go to h*ll, you fugly disgusting beyotch!!!
Pence is a far more tolerant person than Behar and the other Leftists on The View.
Because their “god” is Satan.
Joy? Her name is “Joy”?
What understands she of “joy”, never having felt a genuine twinge of in her life?
Now, a fiendish exuberance and a fierce laugh at another’s expense, maybe, but neither is an expression of “joy”.
Snarling harridan would be a better designation of her character.
Joy Behar did irrepreble damage to her own reputation with that silly statement, or joke if you want to call it that. Mike Pence forgave her but that does not matter to the bad publicity she got with that statement. What a goof!
Eff her. She got heat so she backed off. And it’s temporary
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