Joy Behar is always quick with a joke at the Hot Topics table, but the veteran comedian surprised her co-hosts when she insisted she was being entirely serious expressing sympathy for men on this morning’s episode of The View.

During a discussion about male NFL fans angered by Taylor Swift‘s presence at Travis Kelce‘s Kansas City Chiefs games, Behar said she understood why some men may be bothered by the press Swift is getting every time her boyfriend steps out onto the field.

“I feel for these guys in a way, I have to say,” Behar admitted, and after receiving a chuckle from one of her co-hosts, she clarified, “I do! No, I’m not making a joke.”

She continued, “I feel for them because things have not gone their way. There are fewer jobs for them, a lot of these guys … college enrollment for men [is] down. They were up 60%, now it’s 41%. Women are moving ahead like crazy.

“I mean, women didn’t say, ‘Oh, poor me.’ We went and we got our degrees and we pushed ahead and the feminist movement did help that, 1970,” Behar said. “And it sort of left a lot of these guys behind and I think that they resent it.”

Reflecting on her own experiences, Behar told the panel, “Look, as a woman comedian, I felt like it was harder for me,” but she added, “I didn’t say, ‘Oh, I resent that the men can do it better or that they get a better audience.’ I tried to work harder.”

Behar then suggested “these guys” try out therapy.

“Go get a shrink!” she exclaimed. “I mean, they don’t consider it masculine to be in therapy. It is not about masculine, feminine. It’s about your brain. They need some help, and that’s why I feel sorry for them.”

While Behar extends her sympathy to men feeling disenfranchised, she also noted, “These kind of guys can be dangerous. They have guns, a lot of them. I feel sorry — at the same time, I’m worried.”

Not everyone shared her view points, though. Sunny Hostin countered that she doesn’t feel sorry because “men are still winning in this country,” while Whoopi Goldberg argued, “This is more excuses for people not taking care of themselves.”

The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.