Joy Behar grabbing Robin Williams by the crotch at a charitable comedy event led to many people raising questions about sexual harassment by her to the late comedian. A 2006 photograph is indeed real in that it shows Behar and Williams laughing alongside fellow comedians Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. In the image, Behar can be seen grabbing at Williams’ crotch.
Social media users began sharing and debating the possible hypocrisy behind an image showing Behar touching Williams by his crotch in public. The image showed Behar, Williams, Goldberg and Crystal on the red carpet at the 2006 Comic Relief, which as a comedy show put on for charitable causes. Behar has her hand on Williams’ groin in the photography, which raised questions on social media.
Behar, who along with Goldberg is a co-host of the ABC talk show “The View.” Social media users took issue with the image because Behar has been vocal in her criticism of President Donald Trump and allegations against him of sexual misconduct by multiple women. One such meme circulating online suggested that Behar is being hypocritical in her position about Trump in light of the photograph.
The above image of the four comedian is indeed real, according to Snopes. With regards to that image, the two comedians discussed the picture when Behar interviewed Williams on the HLN network, as seen in this video (seen below), which was posted to the official HLN YouTube page in 2011:
In that exchange, Behar tells Williams:
I took a picture with you one time that if that got out, look at this picture… I forgot that I did that, I molested you at Comic Relief.
Williams responded:
That’s why I’m here.
Here are some examples of people sharing the image and their opinions on social media.
Same incident from a different angle, with Whoopie Cushion standing right there. Joy Behar appears to sexually assault Robin Williams. pic.twitter.com/WLpVXqI9td
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) December 4, 2017
With all this talk about Sexual Misconduct and people being fired from long time employment…why is it OK for Joy Behar to do this to Robin Williams IN PUBLIC, ON CAMERA and not be fired from the View?? I find this totally offensive and just another form of Liberal biased junk! pic.twitter.com/U1D1iZl6vv
— Elizabeth Warynick (@FrancisFaustina) December 11, 2017
LIB LOSER FOULMOUTH JOY BEHAR, A VERY VOCAL PREZ TRUMP CRITIC, GRABBED ROBIN WILLIAMS CROTCH! SHE SHOULD KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT! When BEHAR did standup comedy, like lib loser Franken, she was an obscene zero! pic.twitter.com/BU6K85GfPW
— G. Pyle
#MAGA (@GomerP6699) December 13, 2017
@JoyVBehar J Behar sexually assaulting Robin Williams. He doesn"t look comfortable & unfortunately can"t #metoo Watch how fast she & her moronic fans can excuse her own behavior while condemning Trump"s comments. I guess if you"re a comedian, they let U grab them by the dXXk? pic.twitter.com/EWmIC1qKzx
— D-Brief (@TheDuffieReport) December 15, 2017
Snopes noted that a photographer from the Getty Images wire service captured a similar image from the same event, which can be seen by clicking and scrolling through images here. While Williams committed suicide in 2014, prior to that tragic event, there was no record of him having filed a complaint with regards to Behar’s crotch grabbing. Williams was known for his wild comedic antics.
Currently, Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct and assault, including women and girls who said he walked into dressing rooms when they were nude during beauty pageants he ran and a contestant on his NBC reality show “The Apprentice” who accused him of kissing and groping her in a hotel room without her consent.
What did you think of the photograph showing Behar grabbing Williams’ crotch? Do you think her position about Trump is hypocritical? Let us know in the comments section.
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