Let’s talk about love, and not just any love story—this is the incredible journey of The View cohost Joy Behar and her husband, Steve Janowitz, a schoolteacher who steals the spotlight every now and then. These two have been making each other laugh and life better since the early '80s. That’s right, folks, they’ve been together for over four decades! Now, that’s commitment.
After Joy’s divorce from her first husband, Joe Behar, in 1981, she found love again with Steve in 1982. But you know what they say—timing is everything. It wasn’t until 2011 that Joy and Steve decided to take the plunge and get married. On August 11, 2011, they exchanged vows in a private ceremony in New York City. It was a moment that marked the next chapter of their lives together.
Now, Joy isn’t one to shy away from sharing her thoughts, and she had some pretty hilarious things to say about why they waited so long to get married. During a 2011 interview with Rachael Ray, Joy joked, “I waited until all the parents were dead. So, I have no in-laws at all. He has none, and I have none. Because let’s be real—marriage is mostly about in-laws, I find. They always want you to visit them and come for lasagna.” Classic Joy!
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Closer dives deep into the couple’s relationship, bringing you all the details you crave.
When Did Joy Behar and Steve Janowitz Cross Paths?
Here’s a story you won’t forget. During a January 2024 episode of The View, Joy shared the tale of how she met her husband Steve. It was a moment that would go down in history—or at least in the history of their relationship. Joy revealed that they met at a nudist colony. Can you imagine? Talk about a unique first impression.
It all came up during a lively discussion about Jason Kelce’s shirtless antics at a football game attended by his brother Travis Kelce and girlfriend Taylor Swift. When Sunny Hostin asked Joy if she ever “ripped her shirt off,” Joy quickly replied, “No.” But then Sara Haines chimed in with a zinger: “Oh, she definitely has. She met her husband at a nudist colony!”
Joy then went on to elaborate on their meeting. “First of all, he was nude, I was dressed,” she said, laughing. And it wasn’t the first time Joy told the story on The View. She once told then-guest Andrew Yang, “I don’t know if you know this about me, but I met my husband at a semi-nudist colony. It’s true.” And Joy added, with her signature wit, “He was naked, I was not. Because for a man to see me naked, I have to be in his will.”
