Awkward moment Joy Behar reminds Lauren Sanchez that she auditioned for The View TWICE – but failed to get the job
Joy Behar immediately reminded Lauren Sanchez that she was turned down for a job on The View not once, but twice, during her last appearance on the popular daytime program.
Lauren, 54, who broke down in tears on Good Morning America earlier this week, joined the panel on Friday to promote her new children’s book The Fly Who Flew to Space. She admitted she was “a little nervous” about being at the table.
The former journalist, who is engaged to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, explained: “I have to tell you, it’s so funny. My hand was shaking at the time and my sister looked at me and said, ‘You’re not auditioning this time, you’re a guest,'” as Joy, 81, herself explained.
“FYI, Lauren auditioned for this show twice and the authorities decided, ‘No, you’re not getting the job,’ but look at you now, I don’t think you needed the job!” the comedienne said, while Alyssa Farah Griffin told the brunette, “You haven’t aged a day.”
Lauren recalls her failed auditions, saying, âThe first time I did it, I think it was about 20 years ago, [I was] super young. I think they replaced Debbie Matenopoulos at that point and I auditioned. It was so much fun.
Joy Behar wasted no time reminding Lauren Sanchez that she was turned down for a job on The View not once, but twice
Lauren pictured sitting next to Joy during one of her auditions for The View in March 1999
‘And one time… I actually saw the clip, I couldn’t believe it. They put my hair back, they made me dress a little more conservatively, and after the show Barbara Walters pulled me aside and said, “What are you doing?” And I said, “What do you mean?”
âShe said, âIf youâre going to go down, go down as yourself, because if you donât, youâre going to punish yourself twice,â and that was incredible advice,â Lauren said, referring to the showâs creator, who died in December 2022.
She turned to Joy and said, “And I don’t know if you remember this. I was struggling, I was stressed out, and you walked past me and said, ‘Keep your head up, boy,'” to which Joy jokingly replied, “I’m so nice.”
Her co-host Sunny Hostin then confirmed that she was also trying to get a job on The View at the time, saying, “You and I auditioned together during the Hunger Games round!”
Joy was keen to compliment Lauren, saying, “It’s so great that everything turned out well for you. Now we don’t have to feel guilty about you not being on the show.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Lauren spoke about her fiancĂ© Jeff, saying, “I’m really looking forward to spending my life with someone who I deeply respect and care about, and someone who loves my kids.”
When asked about the fact that she “kind of blacked out” when he proposed in May 2023, Lauren said, “He literally looked at me and said, ‘I think you’re a little shocked.’ He said, ‘Take a deep breath,’ and I said, ‘Are we engaged?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, we’re engaged.'”
She also got teary-eyed when she spoke during The View panel about her dyslexia and how it inspired her to write her children’s book.
Lauren, pictured here on The View in March 1999, spoke about a piece of advice the show’s creator, Barbara Walters, gave her
Lauren, pictured here in March 2023, raved about her fiancé Jeff and her respect for him
“I realized after I wrote the story, ‘Oh, this is about my son,’ who has dyslexia. I get emotional every time I talk about this, so I’m sorry. But this is really me.
‘So I grew up with dyslexia, not knowing I had it, I couldn’t read. I was a sweet little girl and so I sat in the back of the class and they kind of pushed me along.
‘I went to community college and this one teacher… I wanted to be a journalist, that’s all I wanted to be, I auditioned here and I wanted to write for the paper and she said, “Do you want to write?” I said, “I can’t write,” and she said, “Just write and not worry about punctuation or spelling.”
âI turned in my paper and she looked at me and said, âYouâre not stupid, you just canât spell.â And thatâs when my life started,â Lauren explained, fighting back tears.
“And so this book is for all those kids who are struggling in school, who are struggling. It’s going to be okay, and for all the parents who have a child with a learning disability – that’s what I say – it’s going to be okay,” she added, as everyone cheered her on.