Joy Behar is leaving 'The View,' but Barbara Walters squelches rumors about Elisabeth Hasselbeck's exit.


Who's really leaving The View? All was revealed this morning on the ABC gabfest when Joy Behar offered up her 10 reasons for leaving the show, but was not specific about her plans, and Barbara Walters squelched rumors about Elisabeth Hasselbeck leaving the show.

Joy's top 10 reasons for leaving The View:

No. 10: "ABC won't let me drink on the air like Hoda and Kathy Lee."

No. 9: "The glare from Bill Geddie's (executive producer) head is giving me migraines."

No. 8: "I have a pathological fear of catching childhood diseases like mumps from Barbara."

No. 7: "Steve (her husband) keeps pressuring me to have a five-way."

No. 6. "The contact high from sitting next to Whoopi keeps giving me the munchies."

No. 5. "I find the constant echo coming from Sherri's cleavage distracting."

4. "My flings with Wolf Blitzer and Regis make a lot of demands on my time."

3. "I'm busy producing a new show for Al Jazeera, 'The Real Housewives of Fallujah County.' "

2. "Like Barbara, I'm developing an unhealthy attraction to Elisabeth."

1. "I finally will have a chance to fulfill my dreams. Going a whole week without putting on a brassiere."

"It's very bittersweet," Walters said speaking to Joy, "I want what's best for you. I want what's best for all of you. I have to say I will miss you."

"I'll miss you too Barbara. Believe me," Behar said. "I'm not leaving today. Not yet."

Walters also spoke about Hasselbeck saying: "There's a particularly false story that keeps getting picked up about Elisabeth's alleged departure, saying we don't approve of her conservative views. The truth is we love Elisabeth. I like her personally, and she's just a wonderful person but beyond that we value and appreciate her point of view. It's important to us because Elisabeth helps give this show perspective and balance."

Walters ended: "We have no plans for Elisabeth to leave the show."

She added: "Right now, the only person who cannot leave this show is me."

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