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.

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.