The View's Sara Haines Quips 'Dad, Earmuffs!' When Joy Behar Reveals Her 'Lesbian Relationship' in College

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Sara Haines, Joy Behar.Photo:Richard Cartwright/ABC via Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Richard Cartwright/ABC via Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Sara Haines’ parents were seemingly in for a surprise on their recent visit toThe View.

During the Oct. 30 episode of the ABC talk show,Whoopi Goldbergannounced Haines’ parents were in the audience beforeJoy Beharbrought up a college relationship she allegedly had with a woman.

“It’s crazy, but Sara is on the podcast today with her fabulous parents, who are here with us today,” Goldberg, 68, shared, referring to the show’sBehind the Tablepodcast, before cameras cut to Haines' parents sitting in the audience.

“I have to ask her a question — are you going to bring up that lesbian relationship you said you had or not?” Behar, 82, asked. “Back at Smith [College]!”

Sara Haines with her parents on ‘The View’ on Feb. 24, 2016.Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

“That was off-air, she told us that,”Alyssa Farah Griffinchimed in beforeSunny Hostinadded, “Now, it’s on-air!”

Haines seemingly took the comment in stride and joked, “It’s a good thing my dad doesn’t always watch.”

“Now he will!” Goldberg responded.

Sara Haines attends the 2024 Disney Upfront at Javits Center on May 14, 2024 in New York City.Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Dia Dipasupil/Getty

While Haines has not publicly discussed her college romance before, the television personality opened up on an episode ofThe Viewin May aboutdating a coworkerbefore marrying her husbandMax Shifrin.

“I did dip in the company ink when I was single,” Haines admitted. “There are right ways to do this, and wrong ways. Don’t do it in a department where there’s power dynamics. I dated someone in a complete different wing of the building, I did not deal with him daily.”

She continued: “He was a lawyer, so of course when he told me, I had to disclose this to HR, I was like, what? We’re a thing, right?”

She echoed similar words years later while sitting beside Shifrin as they shared their love story.

“I believe you have to create your own luck, so I thought I’m not running into my boo at a produce department or tripping on him on a street, like all the rom-coms told me I would, so I need to add some effort here,’” she toldYahoo! Lifestylein 2019.

Shifrin, who admittedly “had no idea” who Haines was, came across her profile on OkCupid, and the two began dating in 2012. The couple went on to wed in 2014 and are now parents of three kids: Alec Richard, Sandra Grace and Caleb Joseph.

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source: people.com