Hmmm… perhaps NeNe Leakes was right about the women on The View. The reality star labeled Joy Behar and company a bunch of ” mean girls ” this week… and then Joy Behar and company went out and showed why this may be an accurate assessment. After discussing how both Donald Trump and Ben Carson both said they’ve lost weight while campaigning to be President, Behar, Michelle Collins and Paula Faris started joking around about who’s fat… who’s thin… and whether or not it’s an insult to be called “skinny.” The conversation was relatively harmless enough. Until it wasn’t. Following a commercial break, Behar said the following: “We were just discussing whether it’s better to become bulimic or anorexic backstage. What do you girls think?” Collins then replied “definitely bulimic [because] you get to enjoy the meal” and then proceeded to single out a woman off-camera. “She’s nodding. We have two bulimics here. They agree,” Collins added. It didn’t take long, as you might imagine, for viewers to hop on Twitter and excoriate the women for their insensitive remarks. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Have Struggled with Eating Disorders This prompted Behar to make a half-hearted apology upon returning from another commercial break. “We upset some people. We understand that bulimia is a serious illness. We’re just trying to have some fun over here,” she said. After Whoopi Goldberg chimed in and said they don’t “mean to offend” anyone, Behar concluded: “We don’t do it on purpose.” It’s a pretty rare thing for ignorance to be a worthwhile excuse, Joy. But you keep telling yourself that. Also, try to actually be funny the next time you want to be insensitive. That helps.
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The View Apologizies for Insensitive Eating Disorder Jokes
