On 'The View,' Joy Behar mum on old photo of her as 'African woman'

Leora Arnowitz | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Photo of 'View' host Joy Behar resurfaces amidst blackface scandals A photo of "View" host Joy Behar dressed as a "beautiful African woman" is resurfacing amidst numerous blackface scandals.

Joy Behar does not want to talk about it.

Behar waded into the day's hot-button issues on "The View" but no mention was made during Friday's live show about her own photo in which she darkened her skin and dressed up as an African woman many years ago.

The 76-year-old led discussions of Jeff Bezos, Cardi B and Frank Robinson, though neither she nor her four other panelists brought up a 1970s-era photo of Behar at a Halloween party with darkened skin dressed as a "beautiful African woman." It was the second day that she ignored the issue. Neither ABC nor Behar has commented.

All about the controversy: Video resurfaces of Joy Behar saying she dressed as 'beautiful African woman'

A video, from a 2016 episode of "The View" began, making the rounds on Wednesday in which Behar addressed the years-old photo. In the video, she is seen bragging about a picture of herself where she boasted curly hair when she was 29 years old.

“Joy, are you black?" then-co-host Raven-Symoné asks.

“I was so cute,” Behar says, saying she dressed up as a “beautiful African woman" for a Halloween party and sported her natural curly hair and makeup that was "a little darker than my skin."

The story has surfaced as various racial sandals continue to emerge, with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam facing intense scrutiny for allegedly donning blackface for a Michael Jackson dance party more than 30 years ago.

NBC last year cut ties with host Megyn Kelly after she created a furor by suggesting that it was OK for white people to wear blackface on Halloween.

USA TODAY has contacted Behar's representatives for comment.

Contributing: The Associated Press