Ahead of the Monday episode, the 70-year-old EGOT recipient shared the news to her Instagram Stories. "If you notice I'm not on The View this week, it's because I'm in Italy working," Goldberg wrote, without giving too much away about her trip abroad.

The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg explained why cohost Joy Behar has missed three consecutive episodes of the ABC daytime talk show.

Navarro typically fills in for Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg when they are off from their usual duties on Mondays and Fridays, respectively. While Behar typically returns to her assigned seat on Tuesdays, she was nowhere to be found this morning. Instead, Navarro was noticeably sitting in her seat for the second day in a row.

Pa., faced questioning during "The View" over his position on the government shutdown, with co-host Sunny Hostin accusing him of political weakness.