BEHAR’S JOY: MAKING WHOOPI DISAPPEAR!

Wants to rule View henhouse

Joy feels she should be moderator since she’s been there since 1997, a source says

JEALOUS Joy Behar has targeted rival Whoopi Goldberg for the chopping block so she can take over The View’s No. 1 cohosting slot by summer’s end, sources tattle.

“Joy’s been quietly campaigning for Whoopi’s removal,” snitches an insider. “She’s said for months now Whoopi’s a liability and it’s in everyone’s interest if she gets greased so the ratings can improve and they can bring in new talent.”

Meanwhile, the 79-year-old schemer, who recently signed another three-year contract with ABC, intends to stay on the hot seat until she rots and is slamming rumors she’s quitting following her shocking on-air face plant.

The last of the original panelists, Joy gave co-workers a terrible fright in March when she tumbled while walking to her chair. Cohosts Sara Haines and Sunny

Hostin rushed to her aide, as did Whoopi, who told her, “Come on, just stand.”

The insider notes, “Joy’s turning 80 this October and may not be as mobile as she once was, but there’s a motivation to stick around and keep going for the sake of her fans.

“She says she still has plenty of fight left in her and she’ll be damned if Whoopi’s cranky, self-obsessed stupidity is going to see her walk

Goldberg has been in hot water over recent verbal blunders but remains on The View

away from the best gig she’s ever had.”

As GLOBE reported, Whoopi, 66, has been in hot water over recent verbal blunders and her controversial claims the Nazi Holocaust was not about race. She was suspended for two weeks and apologized.

But Joy’s campaigning for Whoopi’s ouster and “feels she deserves to be moderator since she’s been there 25 years,” the source says.