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Deb to Star -- What Goes Around Comes Around

Posted Jun 29th 2006 1:56PM by TMZ Staff

Star Jones & Debbie MatenopoulosDebbie Matenopoulos had a message for ex-friend Star Jones in an interview today, something along the lines of: Payback's a bitch.

The former "View" co-host appeared on Fox TV's "Good Day LA"  Friday morning, revealing that she and Star were extremely close, that is until Debbie got the boot in 1999.  She says that's when Star completely abandoned her.  "The thing that was most hurtful to me," said Debbie, "was that I thought that [she] was my friend, and then [she] was nowhere to be found."

As Debbie pointed out,  "It's called 'show business,' not show 'friends.'"

Debbie added that she wasn't upset about having to leave the show, saying she was told  that the show had to move "in a different direction," which is the equivalent of getting dumped and being told "It's me, not you." 

Et tu, Star.



Tags: Debbie Matenopoulos, DebbieMatenopoulos, Star Jones, StarJones

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16. Charlie Gibson...who care about that. I'm a View watcher and Barbara Walters lied to her audience. It's the audience that make or break a show and I think BW and ABC forgot that. I don't care about Rosie O and her big hateful adgenda what she wrote about Star was very hateful and mean.

Not everyone shares Rosie viewpoint about her lifestyle and many people are trying to understand and come to terms in their mind vs what they've been taught. What I found so funny was that Star as a officer of the law, protected Rosie's rights to express herself.

Posted at 3:55PM on Jun 29th 2006 by girladvenger

17. This is odd! Why would this lady inject herself into this controversy? Star did the right thing, Barbara damaged her credibilty with this messy divorce. I didn't realise that The View only gets about 3million viewers a day. The Views days are numbered even Live with Regis and Kelly/Kathy Lee averages higher numbers than that.

Posted at 3:57PM on Jun 29th 2006 by kevin

18. Star was laid off. When you're fired you are let go that day. She has known for months that her contract was up. No more whiners.

Posted at 3:57PM on Jun 29th 2006 by JJ

19. Star is a beast-huge ego, no talent, greedy, self promoting, and now she has dug her own grave instead of leaving gracefully. Good riddance piggy!

Posted at 4:10PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Snotska

20. Please...let Star Jones GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! And stop crying how we don't want to see strong black woman! Go sing that song somewhere else! It has nothing to do with race! It has to do with ABC not wanting to show us Star's horrific face anymore! Thank you ABC!

Posted at 4:12PM on Jun 29th 2006 by boowoo

21. I think all the pounds star has shed over the years went straight to her EGO!

Girl is gonna burn every bridge in manhattan !

Posted at 4:16PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Big Gay Al

22. Star has more education and business savyness than anyone on that show.

I'm sure Star will survive & do just fine!

Posted at 4:17PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Yesha

23. Enough with Star freakin Jones already. Her 15 mins are long gone. She needs to stfu and go back to her "allegedly" gay hubby.
You'd be well advised to put MONEY on the fact that she WILL air her dirty laundry on Larry King because that is what Star is all about...self-promotion. I'm glad she got the boot. She didn't add a thing to that show other than to signify the time to change the channel...she did that every time she opened her fat pie hole.

Posted at 4:28PM on Jun 29th 2006 by gish

24. I can totally see why Star felt "fired". Look at everything that has been said for months now, with the media speculating her return or departure. And the whole time, I know I have seen videos of Barbara Walters telling Star "We have made it known to Star that she is welcome back". BULLSHIT!. I would have done the same thing. Having to keep up with a lie for months knowing you're going to be canned must suck. And to think that they chose someone like Rosie O'Donnel over her? The View is obviously not going to be the same. Barbara Walters was just trying to look like the good guy here when in fact she is a snake like the rest of TV world. They made it seem like Star was thinking of not coming back because they signed Rosie to the show when in fact they didnt want her back. Its amazing what people do in show business. I commend Star. I think considering the circumstances, she handled it better than I would. I would have told Barbara Walters to go get laid so she isnt so uptight!!

Posted at 4:33PM on Jun 29th 2006 by AB

25. debbie m. is very cool.....and very funny. she is like a hippie chick.

i am sick of star playing the race card.........after larry king.....watch her get so thin she disappears.

jack jett

Posted at 4:34PM on Jun 29th 2006 by jack e. jett

26. Some of us care what Debbie has to say. She isn't jumping on the Beat Star Up bandwagon. She has spoken about this publically for years and has a right to her opinion and even a right to gloat. I think she truly was hurt by Star. I really don't care if you beat up on her because I have a heart of stone anyway, just letting you know there actually are people interested in hearing what she has to say about this.

Posted at 4:37PM on Jun 29th 2006 by barb

27. NOW Star is going around being humble......too late, Starzilla! And her mega-sized ego/behavior, especially on how she's handling the firing, is what is going to prevent her from getting another "star" job. Back when, she use to be a credible & interesting commentator (when she was covering OJ murder trial), but then turned into this diva-monster. And she really can't see how she got there, for sure rationalizing in her own mind that she's now a victim (yes, other people have done what she's done, but Star, you're not those other special people; only special in your own mind). Go away, Star, you're not that important.

Posted at 4:40PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Rosalie

28. When did Star Jones play the race card? What did she do or what did she say that would make someone mention the race card?

Posted at 4:48PM on Jun 29th 2006 by gwen

29. At least Star didn't go postal and shoot the place up. SET IT OFF!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 4:53PM on Jun 29th 2006 by coollikethat

30. I think i am missing something here. Arent all the women on The View ALWAYS talking about themselves. Joy is ALWAYS talking about Steve and her daughter and her Italian family, Elisabeth is ALWAYS talking about Tim and her daughter Gracie{sp], Barbra is ALWAYS talking about her adopted daughter and her lunch or dinner dates and her friends, and Star is ALWAYS talking about Al and her family so how can somebody come out and pick on Star only. These ladies are always interupting each other and trying to make their points. But only Star is the bad one. I really think this is a race issue... PERIOD. I believe before each show they sit down and like plan how the show is gonna be what topics and stuff they are going to discuss. So Barbra has a rough idea of what is gonna be said, but now she finds it convinient to say Star was too much. Aint that something. Coz she had the right to caution her if she was out ofline but i guess it was all good until she decided lets get rid of somebody.

Posted at 5:23PM on Jun 29th 2006 by ABBIEMOE MAZODANI

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