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Star Jones Leaves The View
Barbara Walters' choice of O'Donnell to take over the moderator chair, a gig Reynolds was rumored to have been vying for, led gossip rags and reputable media alike to view the hiring as a passive-aggressive--or in some cases, just aggressive--attempt at edging Reynolds out of the show, a claim Walters denied. Sort of.
Shortly after announcing the addition of O'Donnell, Walters told the New York Times that she was unconcerned that O'Donnell, who has a well-known history of feuding with Reynolds, would be an unsettling presence for the former prosecutor.
"The only concern would be Star's," Walters said at the time. "Rosie will be there. And if Star wants to continue to be there, she is welcome. Star's part of the View family and will be in The View as long as she wants to."
Not according to Reynolds. The exiting personality tells People that the decision to leave was hardly her own.
"What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the 10th season," she says in the magazine in its issue on newsstands Friday. "I feel like I was fired."
The departing cohost says that she found out her contract would not be renewed just days before O'Donnell's addition was announced.
Reynolds' contract, along with those of fellow mouthpieces Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, was due to expire in September, the same time O'Donnell comes aboard.
The long-standing rumor that Walters has been looking for an opportunity to ditch Reynolds from the show first began during Reynolds' days of unabashed on-air shilling for sponsors of her 2004 wedding to Al Reynolds.
Reynolds' preemptive exit, however, is sure to disappoint fans of awkward tension and verbal smackdowns, both of which were expected to take place at a Reynolds-O'Donnell meeting.
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Excellent choice on Barbara Walter's part. I wonder how Star will parlay this into another career.
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
I'd much rather watch Rosie than Star.
Star, don't let the door hit your lipo-suctioned a$$ on the way out...
Oh, yeah, we are supposed to believe she lost all of that weight naturally
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
I bet Lisa Ling is sooooo happy right about now, that she left when she did. The show has been going downhill since they replaced her and that was when I stopped watching it.
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH
I'd much rather watch Rosie than Star.
Star, don't let the door hit your lipo-suctioned a$$ on the way out...
Oh, yeah, we are supposed to believe she lost all of that weight naturally
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH
I'd much rather watch Rosie than Star.
Star, don't let the door hit your lipo-suctioned a$$ on the way out...
Oh, yeah, we are supposed to believe she lost all of that weight naturally
Agreed!!
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Posted by nrthshgrl
Excellent choice on Barbara Walter's part. I wonder how Star will parlay this into another career.
Yeah, I wonder who will take her with her reputation for being so difficult.
I predict she winds up back on Court TV. Or with her own talk show that will fail quickly.
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Posted by leighla
Posted by nrthshgrl
Excellent choice on Barbara Walter's part. I wonder how Star will parlay this into another career.
Yeah, I wonder who will take her with her reputation for being so difficult.
I predict she winds up back on Court TV. Or with her own talk show that will fail quickly.
Yep. I think she diva-ed herself right out of a career
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Posted by leighla
I predict she winds up back on Court TV. Or with her own talk show that will fail quickly.
And she'll have to avoid two topics that could be ratings gold- "How I lost over 100 lbs naturally" and "I married a gay man"
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Posted by MrsProfessor
And she'll have to avoid two topics that could be ratings gold- "How I lost over 100 lbs naturally" and "I married a gay man"
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| Posted 6/27/06 2:27 PM |
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Re: Star Jones Leaves The View
Posted by MrsProfessor
And she'll have to avoid two topics that could be ratings gold- "How I lost over 100 lbs naturally" and "I married a gay man"
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