Wednesday was National Text Your Ex Day, a topic that sparked many opinions among the panelists on The view. While Whoopi Goldberg And Sarah Haines revealed that they stay in touch with their exes, Alyssa Farah Griffin And Sunny accommodation opposed it, citing the fact that some of their old relationships ended badly. But the biggest shock in the conversation with the ex came a few minutes later.

Towards the end of the episode, Haines revealed that his parents were in the audience that day. That’s when Behar decided to bring up a touchy subject (at least awkward for an on-air discussion in front of millions of viewers), Haines’ previous same-sex relationship that his parents probably weren’t aware of. aware.

After Haines introduced his parents in the final moments of the series, Behar joked, “Are you going to bring up that lesbian relationship that you said you had or not?” Back to Smith (College)?

Haines laughed heartily, calling to his father, “Daddy, earmuffs!” before Griffin said: “It was off the air, she told us that.” Hostin then added, “Now it’s on the air.”

“It’s a good thing my dad doesn’t always watch.” NOW he does,” Haines said.

Haines has been married to her husband, Max Shifrin, for ten years.

Although everyone laughed at Behar’s awkward non-sequitur, including Haines’ parents, Goldberg immediately tried to pivot the conversation so that no more secrets were revealed, thanking their audience for their support before leave the day.

The view airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.