'The View' host Joy Behar: I didn't know what I was talking about

Erin Udell | (Fort Collins) Coloradoan

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the day 'The View' addressed the comments.

Two hosts on The View, are receiving backlash after poking fun at Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson and her Miss America monologue about being a nurse.

“...She came in in a nurse’s uniform, and basically read her emails out loud,” comedian and co-host Michelle Collins said of Johnson’s monologue, which told the story of “Joe,” an Alzheimer’s patient who made Johnson realize the importance of her role as his nurse.

“Why does she have a doctor’s stethoscope on?” fellow co-host Joy Behar chimed in during the show.

Collins used Wednesday's show to revisit the subject, saying her comments were taken out of context.

"I, for all of us, want to say we love nurses," Collins said. "Nurses, if you're watching, we adore you, we respect you."

"I was not talking about her as a nurse, and we were talking about the talent competition and it got misconstrued," Collins continued.

Regarding Behar's comment, she said Tuesday that she wasn't paying attention during the segment, didn't know Johnson was a nurse and thought her scrubs were a "costume."

"I didn't know what the hell I was talking about," Behar said.

Nurses and other health care professionals sounded off after the show, using the #NursesUnite hashtag on Twitter.

@TheView this is only PART of my team, saving lives, 24/7 and 365. Shame on you all! You don't do crap! #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/DkFJ4jN2sk — Shannan Crowson (@shannan_crowson) September 15, 2015

Johnson, who was born in Fort Collins and grew up in Windsor, graduated as the valedictorian of her nursing school class this spring.