Joy Behar recalls accidentally reintroducing herself to Steven Spielberg after they'd previously met: 'Did not remember him'
Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty Steven Spielberg?Joy Behardoesn't know him. During Tuesday's episode ofThe View, the 70-year-old comedian recalled an incident in which she reintroduced herself to theJurassic Parkfilmmaker only for him to notify her that they'd previously met on one of her television programs. The awkward anecdote came up as part of a conversation about howDakota Johnsoncompletely forgot the first timethat she'd met herMaterialistscostar,Pedro Pascal. "I don't even remember who's been on this show," Behar remarked, before turning toSara Hainesand jokingly adding, "Who are you again?" ABC That extends to the show's guests, too. "I was at this party and I was talking to people and I said, 'It's so nice to meet you. Very nice to meet you," Behar recalled. "And the person said to me, 'I was on your show.' I said, 'Oh, really? You were?' He said, 'Yes.' You know who it was? Steven Spielberg." Her cohostsSunny Hostin,Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Haines — the latter of whom appeared to be fixing a problem with Behar's mic pack — all let out audible gasps over the casual name drop. "Joy, that story was good until that part," Haines remarked, while Hostin lightly scolded her with a little: "Joy Behar!" Behar remained unfazed throughout her retelling, adding, "I did not remember him." And, honestly, she has a reasonable explanation for why she didn't make the connection. "Here's the thing, when you're on the show, you don't remember," Behar explained. "When you're watching the show, you remember it better. We're in the moment — I don't remember half the people who have been here." While Behar did not reveal which of her many talk show programs was the one she met Spielberg on, the director previously visitedThe Viewin 2016 for a conversation with Goldberg about their 1985 film,The Color Purple. Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free daily newsletterto get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Haines admitted that she'd had a similar issue happen recently. "Remember when I got obsessed with a new show — I won't mention it — but I said, 'Oh, I've never seen this before.' And they're like, 'It's 10 years old. They were on our show.' I was like, 'I definitely was not in that segment,'" she said. "He pulls it up and for some reason you guys [Behar andWhoopi Goldberg] were out and I was moderating it!" Behar responded, "You're in the moment, that's why. ABC Goldberg wrapped up the segment by reminding viewers that to err is very much human — even if it means you sometimes forget ever meeting a three-time Academy Award winner. "You can't do everything for everybody all the time. Sometimes stuff just goes wrong. It doesn't always work," the moderator said. "But it's okay! It doesn't mean you don't care, it doesn't mean that you're not trying to do it right, nobody wants to make mistakes. But, you know, we would be Jesus if we didn't!" The Viewairs weekdays on ABC. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly
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