Joy Behar exposed Sara Haines' past 'lesbian relationship' successful beforehand of her parents successful a very awkward infinitesimal on The View on Wednesday.
While nan conception was airing live, Behar, 82, probed her co-host astir nan same-sex romance she had successful assemblage while her mother and begetter were sitting successful nan audience.
When Haines' parents and nan remainder of nan assemblage reacted successful shock, their chap co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin reminded Behar that they were connected aerial and she was bringing up thing Haines, 47, had told them 'off air.'
The cringe-worthy infinitesimal occurred adjacent nan extremity of nan show erstwhile co-host Whoopi Goldberg was plugging Haines and her parents' upcoming quality connected nan program's Behind nan Table podcast erstwhile Behar interrupted.
Joy Behar exposed Sara Haines' past 'lesbian relationship' connected The View connected Wednesday
Haines' parents, who were sitting successful nan audience, reacted successful shock
'I person to inquire her a question,' Behar said, turning to Haines. 'Are you going to bring up that lesbian narration you said you had backmost astatine Smith [College]?'
Haines started laughing while their different co-hosts reacted successful shock.
When nan camera trim to Haines' parents successful nan workplace audience, her father's rima dropped and her mother was smiling.
'Dad, earmuffs! Earmuffs!' Haines said to him arsenic she mimed pinch her hands complete her ears.
'That was off-air that she told america that,' Griffin reminded Behar.
Sunny Hostin past quipped: 'Now it's on-air.'
Haines made ray of nan awkward business and joked: 'It's a bully point my dada doesn't ever watch... But now he does.'
Goldberg added: 'Now he will.'
During nan unrecorded conception Behar, 82, probed her co-host astir nan concealed same-sex romance she had successful college
Haines did her champion to laughter disconnected nan awkward moment
Haines — who grew up successful a 'extremely conservative' family and attended a left-leaning women's wide arts assemblage successful Northampton, Massachusetts, she told TV Insider successful 2016 — has been successful an opposite-sex matrimony pinch lawyer Max Shifrin for a decade.
The longtime mates stock 3 children together — Alec, eight, Sandra, six, and Caleb, five.
There was besides different clip connected The View erstwhile Behar was nan 1 being asked astir same-sex relationships while connected air.
In June, she was asked by a guest, comedian Sarah Bernhard, who is openly cheery herself, if Behar had ever 'gotten it connected pinch a lady.'
Behar honestly responded: 'No, but someday I will.' When Bernhard told her to 'hurry up,' Behar said that she would 'do it successful my 90s!'
Shortly thereafter, Behar brought Haines into nan speech aft nan second talked astir having been to a lesbian barroom successful Manhattan before.
When nan camera trim to Haines' parents successful nan workplace audience, her father's rima dropped and her mother was intelligibly taken aback
Haines has been joined to lawyer Max Shifrin for a decade. The longtime mates stock 3 children together — Alec, eight, Sandra, six, and Caleb, five; pictured April 2015 successful New York City
'You have? I didn't spot you there!' Behar quipped. 'She's a closet lipstick lesbian!'
Behar has been co-hosting The View since nan inception of nan bid successful 1997. She took a little hiatus from nan show successful 2013 earlier returning 2 years later.
For her activity connected nan daytime talk show, she won a Daytime Emmy Award successful 2009.
Meanwhile, Haines has been and on-and-off co-host ever since she joined nan group successful 2016.
The View airs connected weekdays astatine 11 a.m. ET connected ABC.