{"id":540385,"date":"2026-07-23T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/540385\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:54:23","slug":"the-view-hock-as-talk-show-guest-anson-mount-53-kisses-tv-host-joy-behar-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/540385\/","title":{"rendered":"The View: hock as talk show guest Anson Mount, 53, kisses TV host Joy Behar, 83"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those tuning in<\/a> to The View<\/a> on Wednesday got a shock as Star Trek<\/a> actor and guest Anson Mount planted an unexpected kiss on panellist Joy Behar<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Mount, 53, greeted co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> and Sarah Haines before getting to Behar, 83, who leaned in for a kiss on the cheek. Then, she appeared to pull Mount closer while he also leaned further in for a seconds-long kiss on the lips. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Everyone was stunned as Anson Mount and Joy Behar\u2019s kiss lingered.\u00a0YouTube\/TheView<\/p>\n

The View<\/a> panel and live audience erupted into squeals and laughter, with the smooch leaving Mount with a smudge of Behar\u2019s red lipstick on his face.<\/p>\n

Other co-host Sunny Hostin handed Mount a tissue to wipe his mouth as Behar quipped: \u201cI\u2019m old, but I\u2019m not dead.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mount replied: \u201cThat\u2019s it, Joy, because I am.\u201d <\/p>\n

Goldberg attempted to get the interview back on track but struggled as everyone tried to collect themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need a little bit of a touch-up,\u201d Behar said. \u201cLast time [Mount] was here, he brought me flowers for my birthday, and it\u2019s never been the same between us.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI got married, so…\u201d\u00a0Mount chimed in while Behar clapped back, \u201cThat\u2019s what I mean.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mount, who was promoting the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, has been married to Darah Trang since 2018. Together, they have two daughters Clover Ng\u1ecdc, four, and Violet, one. <\/p>\n

The actor revealed his wife<\/a>\u2019s reaction to his on-air smack of the lips with Behar to TV Insider<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Behar grabbed a tissue so Mount could wipe the swipe of red lipstick off his mouth. \u00a0YouTube\/TheView<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked my wife to promise me she wouldn\u2019t divorce me. She thought it was hilarious,\u201d he said, with a laugh. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think people just assume that I\u2019m not around anymore because I have two young kids. I think maybe they were surprised to see that I\u2019m still alive.\u201d <\/p>\n

Behar has been part of The View for 27 years, joining the show in its debut season in 1997.<\/p>\n

She took a brief break between 2013 and 2015 but otherwise has remained a full-time co-host.<\/p>\n

\"Joy<\/p>\n

Mount said his wife of eight years thought his kiss with Behar was \u2018hilarious\u2019. \u00a0Getty\/Instagram\/@ansonmount<\/p>\n

Mount is best known for his television roles as Captain Christopher Pike in the Star Trek franchise and as Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western series Hell on Wheels.<\/p>\n

He also gained early fame starring opposite Britney Spears in the 2002 film Crossroads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Those tuning in to The View on Wednesday got a shock as Star Trek actor and guest Anson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-540385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}