Guest cohost Star Jones and panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin offered condolences after Hostin handed her interview questions off in the emotional moment.

The View ‘s Hot Topics segment often gets personal, as the cohosts routinely share how a particular issue impacts their lives, but a discussion today hit a little too close to home for cohost Sunny Hostin.

Guest co-host Star Jones, who has had open-heart surgery, comforted Hostin, saying, ‘You’re supposed to be vulnerable with your girls’ Sunny Hostin broke down when a segment on cardiac health on The View hit close to home,

Sunny Hostin had an emotional response to a conversation about cardiovascular health on this morning’s episode of The View, which came only one day after her aunt died of a heart attack. The panel welcomed OG co-host Star Jones back to the Hot Topics table to fill in for Joy Behar, who has been absent for the last two days.

During a wild week on The View, while Star Jones is filling in for an absent Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin broke into tears on live television. As Monsters and Critics has reported, Joy Behar has been missing from The View for several days.