Jamie Lee Curtis Gets Flustered After Joy Behar Teases Her for 'Spatchcocking Her Husband'

Jamie Lee Curtis was caught off guard by an out-of-pocket remark Joy Behar made about her marriage.

During the Tuesday, December 2, episode of The View, the host, 83, teased the actress, 67, for "spatchcock[ing]" Christopher Guest.

Curtis revealed that she learned how to spatchcock a turkey this past Thanksgiving, calling the process "gross and violent."

Behar was not amused and suggested, "Let’s drop this whole topic."

Later in the conversation, she asked Curtis if she needed to "learn how to cook, besides spatchcocking" for her role as Donna Berzatto in The Bear.

"You know, I am a marital cook," she quipped. "I’m a maternal cook, meaning I did not learn."

Behar quickly cut in, "She spatchcocks her husband."

The audience erupted into laughter and applauded as the TV star sat speechless.

"We should go on the road, babe," Curtis joked about their banter. "Um, wow. I’m actually blushing, and I don’t blush."

Sunny Hostin tried to help the ladies move along by asking Curtis if they should talk about her new movie, Ella McKay.

"Thank you, Sunny," the Freaky Friday alum responded.

Curtis and Guest have been married since 1984 and share two adopted daughters, Annie, 38, and Ruby, 29.

This is not the first awkward interaction Jamie Lee and Joy have had on The View. In 2024, the actress bestowed the hosts with gifts, calling herself "Scrooge's slightly s----- sister."

"Slightly?" Joy joked.

"Hey now!" Jamie Lee exclaimed, offended. "I’m an old married lady, as you know. Back in the [day], you know. But you know, I am a little Scrooge-y."

Earlier this year, Jamie Lee gushed over her husband.

"I married the funniest dude on the planet," she expressed in a July interview. "Christopher Guest can drop me to the ground with a look, let alone a phrase. It can be annoying to be married to somebody who can use his humor to disarm any natural rage that you might have, but it’s also an amazing blessing."

She admitted her man is "less comfortable being in the public eye" than her.

"There’s a point when I have to stop the machine a bit," she explained.

However, the duo is dedicated to a lasting love.

"'Forever.' That’s the term, right? That’s what you’ve vowed to," Jamie Lee said.

In December 2024, she celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a sweet black-and-white throwback post from the special day.

"40 years ago today, on a rainy Tuesday afternoon at 4:30, Christopher and I married," she wrote. "We loved each other but barely knew each other. Today, we know each other really well and still love each other. We've been through a lot and have raised and loved two beautiful daughters and started many new careers and weathered the myriad storms of life on life's terms of loving and loss. We held hands that day as we walked back down the aisle and we're still holding hands today. I guess the beginning of 'my hand in yours.'"