"The View" host Joy Behar thinks Rudy Giuliani purposefully blew up President Donald Trump's legal defense in a petty revenge plot.
The former New York City mayor told Fox News anchor Sean Hannity that Trump had been lying about a hush money payout to porn actress Stormy Daniels, and he admitted on "Fox & Friends" that the payment was made to keep her quiet just days before the election.
"What did he think the money was for if it was going to Stormy Daniels?" said co-host Whoopi Goldberg, knocking down Giuliani's claim that Trump paid the actress without knowing why. "She wasn't his secretary, she wasn't the dog walker -- what did he think the money was for."
Behar said the payment was out of character for the president, who infamously stiffed contractors in his real estate business.
"Isn't it amazing that Donald Trump actually paid someone with his own money?" Behar said. "Carpenters everywhere are saying, 'He paid his bill?'"
Co-host Meghan McCain said Giuliani's revelation made no sense.
"The narrative is bizarre, on top of everything with that -- are they trying to be crazy like a fox?" McCain said. "Are they trying to confuse everyone? Because that's the part I don't understand."
Behar said she believes Giuliani holds a personal grudge against the president, and was subconsciously trying to undermine him.
"I think Giuliani is unconsciously throwing him under the bus because he didn't make him the attorney general or the chief of staff there -- that's what's going on," Behar said.
"Giuliani loves to be the center of attention," she added. "When Bill Bratton was on the cover of Time magazine because he cleaned up crime in the city, he was fired very shortly thereafter. That's Giuliani -- I'm giving you a tip, Trump."
