ABC’s The View host Joy Behar praised former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg calling him “brilliant” and a “lovely guy.”

“He had the second hardest job in the country as mayor of New York,” the host said Friday on the show during a segment about Bloomberg potentially jumping into the 2020 Democratic primary. “I liked him very much. I thought he was brilliant. I’ve had dinner with him, he’s a lovely guy. He’s really smart, he cares about the country. He knows what he’s talking about. I believe that the country needs a new manager.”