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

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,

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.

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Sunny Hostin tearfully revealed that her aunt died yesterday from a heart attack during Wednesday’s (February 5) episode of The View, immediately following a discussion of American Heart Month with American Heart Association national volunteer Star Jones.

The talk show personality shared the difficult news after becoming teary-eyed during a discussion about heart health.