“The View”'s Joy Behar lost her cell phone, and a stranger found Al Sharpton's phone number in her contacts

Joy Behar's famously (and notoriously) interruptive cell phone apparently also contains a treasure trove of celebrity secrets, as one stranger found out upon finding the device after the comedian previously lost it.

While Friday's episode of The View did not feature the usual noise-based terrorism emanating from Behar's iPhone (or from Siri, who once interrupted the broadcast to give Behar directions to her seat at the Hot Topics table), but rather highlighted a hilarious reveal about the contacts Behar keeps within it.

"I'm going to just out Joy about something. Behind the scenes of our show, when we have guests, she fattens her rolodex for future plays," cohost Sunny Hostin said to interview guest (and Behar's bestie she will not make gluten-free pasta for) Susie Essman, referencing Behar increasing her pool of potential collaborators for her New York City stage productions. "She even asked Robert De Niro for his phone number. Are you familiar with this recruiting tactic?"

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"I'm not, but I'm not surprised by it," Essman replied, prompting Behar to recall a time her aforementioned rolodex was nearly exposed after the 82-year-old lost her phone.

"You know, Susie, one time I lost my phone," Behar said. "Somebody found it and went to [the home screen] and called me and said, 'I knew [this phone] was important because I went through your contact sheet and I saw Al Sharpton was on there, and I said, this is an important person.'"

Ana Navarro jumped in, asking Behar, "Do we need to teach you how to lock your screen?"

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Prospects for that appear slim, however, as both Hostin and panelist Sara Haines have had to take matters of Behar's phone into their own hands (literally) — such as grabbing Behar's noisy phone backstage after it went off live on the air and reaching over to silence it during the broadcast.

The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/PT on ABC.

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