{"id":2513479,"date":"2026-07-23T02:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2513479"},"modified":"2026-07-23T02:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:18:36","slug":"star-trek-actor-reveals-wifes-reaction-to-joy-behar-shockingly-kissing-him-on-the-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/star-trek-actor-reveals-wifes-reaction-to-joy-behar-shockingly-kissing-him-on-the-view\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Star Trek&#8217; actor reveals wife&#8217;s reaction to Joy Behar shockingly kissing him on &#8216;The View&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cStar Trek: Strange New Worlds\u201d actor Anson Mount said his wife thought his unexpected on-air kiss with Joy Behar was \u201chilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mount, 53, appeared on \u201cThe View\u201d Wednesday, and as he walked out from backstage to greet the hosts, he hugged Behar, 83, and she gave him a kiss on the cheek. But Behar then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theviewabc\/video\/7665435246539640078?lang=en&amp;q=anson%20mount%20joy%20behar&amp;t=1784769232161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled him in for a longer kiss<\/a> on the lips, getting her lipstick on his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Mount, who is married to photographer and author Darah Trang, later joked in an interview <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbHNk3XjsfN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with TV Insider<\/a>, \u201cI asked my wife to promise me she wouldn\u2019t divorce me. She thought it was hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added of the moment going viral, \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<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anson Mount appeared on \u201cThe View\u201d Wednesday and went viral for sharing an on-air kiss with co-host Joy Behar. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>After he went in for a hug and she kissed him on the cheek, she then pulled him in for a kiss on the lips. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cCrossroads\u201d star shared that the last time he had made an appearance on \u201cThe View\u201d and saw Behar was 13 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought her flowers for her birthday, and I guess I made an impression,\u201d he cracked. \u201cSo, we\u2019ll see what she does the next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mount has been married to Trang since 2018. They share two daughters: Clover, 4, and Violet, 1. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cStar Trek: Strange New Worlds\u201d star had lipstick on his mouth after the kiss. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Behar then quipped, \u201cI\u2019m old, but I\u2019m not dead.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Behar kissed him Wednesday, her fellow \u201cThe View\u201d co-hosts \u2014 Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin \u2014 appeared shocked, and Behar quipped, \u201cI\u2019m old, but I\u2019m not dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg then asked her, \u201cAre you OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mount did point out he was married when Behar said, \u201cLast time he was here, he brought me flowers for my birthday and it\u2019s never been the same between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father of two replied, \u201cWell, I got married, so.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mount, who\u2019s been married to Darah Trang since 2018, said in a later interview with TV Insider that his wife found the moment with Behar \u201chilarious.\u201d The couple is seen here in April 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Anson Mount<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mount, seen here Wednesday, joked to the outlet that the kiss went viral because people haven\u2019t see him much of him in the spotlight anymore after he had two daughters with Trang. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He then laughed when she shot back,  \u201cI know, that\u2019s what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some viewers criticized the moment, with one comment on the ABC talk show\u2019s TikTok post of the kiss reading, \u201cyeah idk about this \ud83d\ude33 he plays it off well but I think she crossed a line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another comment reads, \u201cIsn\u2019t that sexual harassment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to Behar\u2019s rep for comment, but didn\u2019t receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStar Trek: Strange New Worlds\u201d actor Anson Mount said his wife thought his unexpected on-air kiss with Joy Behar was \u201chilarious.\u201d Mount, 53, appeared on \u201cThe View\u201d Wednesday, and as he walked out from backstage to greet the hosts, he hugged Behar, 83, and she gave him a kiss on the cheek. 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