“The View”'s Joy Behar slams Fox's Melania Trump interview, says Barbara Walters would've asked about 'sex with a porn star'

After Melania said Trump had a good sense of humor, "The View" guest Wanda Sykes jokes he's "all those things when he's not sexually assaulting women."

The View star Joy Behar has invoked the spirit of the late Barbara Walters as she accused conservative media organization Fox News for going light on Melania Trump in the network's exclusive interview with the former First Lady and wife of Donald Trump.

After the network aired an Ainsley Earhardt-conducted interview with Melania earlier this week, Behar, 81, took aim at the broadcaster for asking what she felt were softball questions, and said on Thursday's live show she felt that Walters — The View creator who died in 2022, and would've turned 95 on Wednesday — wouldn't have shied away from probing Melania on tougher issues.

"I just want to say something about Barbara. Yesterday was Barbara Walters' birthday, I believe, and when I was watching this, I thought, if Barbara were here today, she would've said to her, 'Melania, your husband had sex with a porn star while you were home with a baby. How do you feel about that?' That's what Barbara would've done," Behar said. "This woman? Nothing."

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Behar made the reference to Donald's indictment on 34 counts tied to illegally influencing the 2016 presidential election via payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels after she said she had sex with him — a claim Donald has repeatedly denied.

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a Fox representative for comment.

Earhardt's interview with Melania came as one of few media appearances the former First Lady has made on the campaign trail. She told the journalist that the "American people need to decide what they really want" in the election, and admitted that, while her husband has fired off "some strong tweets," that "everything else [is] great for this country" amid his platform.

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After Earhardt asked what Melania loved most about her husband, she responded by citing "his being, his humor, his personality, his kindness" — something The View guest Wanda Sykes also took issue with during her interview on the talk show.

He's "all those things when he's not sexually assaulting women," Sykes quipped at the Hot Topics table, prompting loud gasps from the show's studio audience as she recalled Trump being found liable for sexual abuse against writer E. Jean Carroll.

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

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