Joy Behar shocked the audience on Wednesday's episode of when she pulled married guest Anson Mount for a kiss on the mouth live on air.
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Joy Behar Kisses Guest, Sparks Wifes Reaction!
Joy Behar shocked the audience on Wednesday's episode of The View when she pulled married guest Anson Mount for a kiss on the mouth live on air. The Star Trek: ...
The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor, 53, had just walked out from backstage and was greeting all the panelists when the kiss took place.
Mount - who's been married to photographer Darah Trang since 2018 - first approached and Sara Haines before turning to greet 83-year-old Behar.
She embraced him and he kissed her on the cheek. Behar then puckered her lips, prompting Mount to lean in and kiss her on the mouth.
She then reached around his side with her left arm and appeared to pull him in for an even longer kiss.
After he sat down, the audience laughed as co-host Sunny Hostin handed him a tissue to wipe off Behar's lipstick from his mouth.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for The View, Mount and Behar for comment on the kiss.
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Joy Behar, 83, shocked the audience on Wednesday's episode of The View when she pulled married guest Anson Mount, 53, for a kiss on the mouth live on air
After he sat down, the audience laughed as co-host Sunny Hostin handed him a tissue to wipe off Behar's lipstick from his mouth
Hostin later quipped, 'no wonder Joy has been talking about you all morning' to which Behar replied, 'I'm old, but I'm not dead.'
'That's it, Joy, because I am,' Mount said in response to Behar's joke.
The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor had just walked out from backstage and was greeting all the panelists when the kiss took place
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Hostin then quipped, 'no wonder Joy has been talking about you all morning' to which Behar replied, 'I'm old, but I'm not dead'
'Last time he was here, he brought me flowers for my birthday, and it’s never been the same between us,' Behar said. 'Well, I got married,' he replied
After the moment went viral, Mount said that his wife Darah Trang thought the kiss was 'hilarious.' The pair have been married since 2018; Seen in 2019
Mount is best known for starring as Captain Christopher Pike on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Discovery; Seen in a 2017 still from Star Trek: Discovery
Mount and his wife share two daughters: Clover, four, and Violet, one.
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Though Mount and Trang laughed off the moment, not all viewers were entertained.
'He’s married. She crossed the line,' one wrote underneath a TikTok video showing the kiss.
'He plays it off well but I think she crossed a line,' someone else added.
'What would the view think if a man did that to a woman,' another questioned.
Mount is best known for starring as Captain Christopher Pike on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Discovery.
