Oprah continues to make history as she counts down to her final show.  Today she had the entire cast of the controversial The View on  her talk show.  To make them feel welcome Oprah had their very first table flewn in and installed on her stage.

View original cast member, Joy Behar, revealed some interesting facts about her naturally curly hair which I had never heard before.    Joy usually wears her hair chin length or slightly longer and straight or will just a touch of texture.

I love Joy because of her amazing gift for comedy.  She has a way with words and lent them to talking about her tresses.

Getting Her Hair Flat Ironed

The Oprah show cameras followed Joy and all her fellow cast members behind the scenes of the ABC show.  Joy was shown being interviewed while her hair was being methodically flat ironed to straighten out her texture.  She teased “it’s hard to be serious with my hair like this.”

A retrospective of images of Joy from the past was shown.  Joy was photographed with short super curly hair.

When Oprah asked the cast if they had regrets from the show over the years Joy said “and you know what I regret Oprah?  That I allowed them to take that picture with my hair out to there.  What was I thinking?” 

Using The N Word

The rest of the crew teased her and said “with your Jheri Curl”  Oprah said “that’s how you get it started so it falls into place.”  Joy said “yes.  What did you say?  That I looked like a call girl?”

Sherry Shepard said “no, like a black girl.”  Joy agreed “yes.  That was on purpose, I was going as an African Queen.”  Oprah said  “oh, OK, cause you looked African there.”  Joy said “well I have the hair.  I’m very nappy, my hair.  Yeah, I’m Italian”  Sherry said about Joy and her hair “it’s very curly.”

Oprah said “ohhhh, you used the N word.  Nappy”  Joy said “Nappy.  Oh, you’re not allowed to use that word?”  Oprah “nappy, oh no, I like it.”  Joy said “nappy’s good.”  Oprah laughed and agreed “nappy’s good, yes.  You get it.”  Joy “yeah, I’ve got it.”  Oprah said “when you say nappy it’s really gone.”  Joy shook her head in agreements “yes, it’s (her curly hair) really gone.”

Keratin Hair Treatments To Tame Joy’s Tight Jheri Curls

Sherry said “when she comes into the set in the morning, before she gets a Keratin treatment, it’s like really tight Jheri curls.  Real tight, tight like an Afro.”  Sherry insinuated that Joy had regular Keratin hair smoothing treatments.

In response to Sherry’s comment about Keratin Oprah said “can we talk about Keratin treatment, but not here?”  Sherry started to answer but Oprah said “ummm, no, it’s great.”  Then Joy smiled and said “formaldahye, in reference to Keratin treatments.”  Oprah said “don’t go there Joy.”

Oprah explained that the cameras went behind the scenes at The View and Oprah said “and you get to see Joy’s hair”  Joy said “again.”  Indeed, the cameras captured a brief glimpse of Joy walking into the show’s back stage.

Letting Hair Go Curly After Near Death Experience

Joy talked about her near death experience.  She explained she had an ectopic pregnancy which “almost killed me in 1979.  I bled internally, I was on death’s door, they told me the next day.  Yeah. That changes you a lot.  First of all I let my hair go curly, that was my first thing and I change my life.  I got divorced and became the way I am now.  I was a teacher.  It changed me.”

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