Joy Behar thinks it’s “smart” for women to date outside “their age limit” — and she’s not afraid to explain why.
In Thursday’s episode ViewTV personality, 81, advised women to date younger men because they will have a similar life expectancy and be more sexually compatible.
“There is an opinion among the public that women should stay within their age limit,” she explained. “But when you think about it, women basically live six years longer than men. So if you date a guy who is younger than you, you will probably die at the same time. So that’s good.”
She added: “In addition, men reach their sexual peak much younger than women. So you need an older woman. You want a younger guy.”
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Joy Behar and husband Steve Janowitz backstage after the Off-Broadway opening of Joy Behar’s ‘Me, My Mouth and Me’ at Cherry Lane Theater on November 23, 2014 in New York City.
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Behar also shared her own experience with marrying her husband of seven years, Steve Janowitz.
“I always have the younger guy,” she said. “My husband is seven years younger than me. He drives at night, he does hard work. It’s sharp as a stick. If I get old, depressed and decrepit, which I almost am, he’ll drive me instead of me driving him.”
“I think it’s a very good plan to go with the younger guy,” she continued. “It’s scientifically smart to do that.”
She later added: “I like them younger. I don’t want them old.”
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Behar’s co-host Whoopi Goldberg noted that she doesn’t let age be a factor in who she dates.
“I went up and down. I go from here to here,” she said. “Because I’m not… Your age is not what will bring me into your arms. I don’t care about your age, unless you’re 18, in which case I can’t.”
Behar argued that “a big gap could be problematic” because “when you’re 20 and 40 is fine. And even 40 and 60. But now 60 and 80 is getting a little hairy. And 70 and 90? Problematic.”
“I’ll just tell you this: One of the last relationships I had, he was 40 years older than me,” Goldberg, 68, said.
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