Real-Life Loves
‘The View’ Hosts & Their Husbands: Get to Know Their Love Stories
The View hosts are known for their invigorating debates examining our country’s important issues. Often not having the same stance on certain topics, they always find a way to come together (most of the time).
Showcasing these amazing qualities, it’s no wonder they all have interesting love lives. From multiple marriages to longtime romances, their warm personal lives are at times discussed during their shows. Yet, with five days a week and so much debate, it’s easy to forget each host’s romantic partner.
So scroll down below to see who Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, and Alyssa Farah Griffin go home to every night.
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Sunny Hostin and Emmanuel Hostin
Hostin and her husband, Emmanuel Hostin, have been married for over two decades. The View host saw her future spouse decked out in a nice suit at church for the first time, but he didn’t see her initially. Then, she followed him into a bagel shop, and that’s when their love story truly began.
Just two years later in 1998, the two got hitched. Emmanuel is an acclaimed orthopaedic surgeon with a kind heart. He volunteered for the Haitian Earthquake Relief Mission.
The lawyer opened up about struggling with infertility and IVF issues. She and her husband are proud parents to children Gabriel and Paloma, who are both adults now.
Sara Haines and Max Shifrin
Good Morning America helped Sara Haines find her husband.
How, you might ask? She had to create an OkCupid profile for a segment. She quickly started chatting with lawyer Max Shifrin, and the rest is history.
After two years of dating, the couple got married in 2014. A funny anecdote is that Shifrin asked Haines to marry him in his pajamas.
They are still happily married after a decade. Haines and Shifrin have three kids: Alec Richard, Sandra Grace, and Caleb Joseph.
Joy Behar and Steve Janowitz
The View veteran Behar has been married twice. And it’s fair to say that she does have a thing for teachers.
A former English teacher herself, she was first married to college professor Joe Behar. The two had a child together, Eve Behar Scotti. Eve recently made Behar a grandmother.
Her current husband, Steve Janowitz, is a middle school math teacher, whom she met at a semi-nudist colony. Yes, you read that right.
Together since the ’80s, Behar said that the two wanted to wait until gay marriage was legal before they tied the knot. In 2011, when the Respect for Marriage Equality Act passed, Behar and Janowitz finally made things official in a private ceremony. She also confessed she liked not having in-laws.
Alyssa Farah Griffin and Justin Griffin
The Griffins tied the knot in November 2021 after a year-long engagement. Often sharing snapshots on Instagram, the former press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence is eager to share her marital bliss with the world on social media and The View.
Although fellow host Goldberg asked whether she was expecting a child in 2023, she and her husband are for now just dog parents. She did reveal that they hope to welcome a kid into the world soon.
Ana Navarro and Al Cárdenas
Navarro and her husband Al Cárdenas’ relationship has been tested, that’s for sure. They were on opposite sides of the political spectrum during the 2008 elections.
Both Republicans, Cárdenas was the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida for two terms, an adviser to U.S. Republican presidents, and was previously appointed as the special ambassador to Caribbean islands St. Kitts and Nevis.
Living in Miami, the two admit to not speaking much about politics anymore as they want to keep it on “neutral” ground and prefer to put most of their focus on their dog ChaCha.
The political strategist and her husband have known each other since the ’90s but didn’t get married until 2019.
Whoopi Goldberg
Not one to shy away from private topics, Goldberg tells The View crowd exactly what’s on her mind — and what kind of pleasures she enjoys.
That might also be the reason she has been so open about her three failed marriages. Not having a type, the legendary actor has dated a wide array of men. She and first husband Alvin Martin share a daughter together, Alexandrea Martin. She was then married to David Claessen from 1986 to 1988. Her final marriage was to Lyle Trachtenberg. She also had relationships with Frank Langella and David Schein.
However, the Sister Act legend’s most famous partner was fellow actor Ted Danson.
