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Joy Behar roasted for denying wearing blackface: 'Enjoy the cancel culture you created'

"The View" co-host Joy BeharJosephine (Joy) Victoria BeharJoy Behar clashes with Michael Cohen: 'I can sleep at night, can you?' Joy Behar spars with Meghan McCain: 'I did not miss you' while you were on maternity leave 'The View' hosts urge Trump to take COVID-19 vaccine publicly MORE was roasted on social media after claiming in a heated interview with Donald Trump Jr.Don TrumpTrump Jr.: There are 'plenty' of GOP incumbents who should be challenged Donald Trump Jr. attacks Cheney at CPAC: 'Lincoln Project Liz' Trump Jr. was deposed in inauguration funds probe MORE on Thursday that she never wore blackface, a claim that was quickly contradicted on Twitter by the president's eldest son.

"[President TrumpDonald TrumpNoem touts South Dakota coronavirus response, knocks lockdowns in CPAC speech On The Trail: Cuomo and Newsom — a story of two embattled governors McCarthy: 'I would bet my house' GOP takes back lower chamber in 2022 MORE] called some Mexicans rapists, he attacked the handicapped, he bragged about it," she said. "We heard the 'Access' tape, where he bragged about grabbing women by their genitalia."

"We've all done things that we regret, I mean, if we're talking about bringing a discourse down, Joy, you've worn blackface," he responded.

"No, I have not," Behar shot back. 

“I know blackface when I see it and that was not blackface," moderator Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi GoldbergMeghan McCain calls for Biden to remove Fauci McCarthyism fashionable again in Hollywood? Whoopi Goldberg wears 'my vice president' shirt day after inauguration MORE eventually interjected. 

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Trump Jr. took to Twitter to share a story from TheWrap.com from a 2016 episode of "The View" that a discussion around Behar dressing up as what she described as "a beautiful African woman" at a Halloween party back in the 1970s. 

 

"Here's @TheView's Joy Behar admitting on national TV that she in fact wore blackface. Why are they denying it now?" asked Trump Jr. 

 
The tweet prompted others to mock Behar for what they argued was a "gotcha" moment. 

 

 

Trump Jr. appeared on the show to promote his new book, "Triggered:  How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us," that was released on Tuesday.