406. I don't see what the issue is for Barbara Walters... They fired her months ago that was barb's statement. Personally I think Star did well not announcing it months ago. I saw Barbara Walters' announcement and Star Jones subsequent interviews so far. Star seems to only be at odds about when she was released, and that is apples and oranges when you are out of a job. Star has been graceful and tactful. So she announced her release a week earlier than you thought!!! SO WHAT! What more does Barbara Walters want???? Personally I believe it was obvious Barbara Walters and ABC stabbed her in the back and they are just saving face.

Barbara Walters feels betrayed HMM seems to me being fired and replaced by a person who decided to attack you and yours (Rosie) is the first betrayal.

Now as for the wedding thing Star got on EVERYONE'S NERVES. God knows I was sick of it! On the other hand how look at how rude and crass Joy and Elizabeth are. For months I've watched and seen the other "ladies" ( I use the term loosely) pick arguments with her. I could feel the chill here in Las Vegas.



If she was fired in November or April, Star is a good one in my opinion to take that crap this long. She even chose not ruin Meredith's exit. I think she did well not to snap on those broads or announce it sooner. Opps! I lost my manners. Can you imagine pretending for months to be ok, knowing you'd been "released" or in the real world FIRED? I know Joy had some serious issues. I guess Star didn't stay in her "place" or kiss bottom (like Elizabeth).

Heck, we all knew she was being pushed out by Rosie. She could have said that but as I recall she just said her contract had not been renewed and she felt as if she were fired. DUH she was fired! Barbara Walters said the next day she and the network told Star she could handle telling the public the way she wished. Seems to me she told the truth in a very classy gracious way.

THE WOMAN SHE WASN'T MY FAVORITE BUT, I GOTTA GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE; SHE LEFT IN A GRACIOUS WAY. GOODNESS WE GET YOU DON'T LIKE THE WOMAN BUT BE FAIR.

Posted at 1:46PM on Jul 1st 2006 by Mel

407. Star Jones is a no class Daddy's Girl. With a paid for Hoochie Husband. She must have gotten the idea when she crashed Liza Minelli's Wedding.

Posted at 7:07PM on Jul 1st 2006 by Dee

408. Deb sure looks mad!

Posted at 4:25PM on Jul 3rd 2006 by pix

409. As much as i fell what the RACIST SHOW PRODUCERS did to the STAR of the show, Star Jones, and feel is is totally justified and professional in her actions afterwards - I did think it was unfair and cruel the way Deb got the boot. I think she was one of the more interesting characters on the show - and I definitely do believe there was some personal hatred behind her departure.

Posted at 7:04PM on Jul 4th 2006 by Bruce

410. Barbra Walters in her speech the day after Star's announcement said that they were going to allow Star to leave on her terms which is what she did, so I don't understand why Barbara and ABC are so angry. Maybe because she didn't do it on there terms and schedule which is petty on their part not hers?

Posted at 1:19AM on Jul 5th 2006 by jj starlight

411. debbie and star are casulties of network television.
having met both of them, they should focus on there self esteem issues
and treat friends better. natalie cole told me that those nasty payless shoes that star made her wear as one 200 bridesmaids.wrecked her feet for weeks.

Posted at 3:43AM on Jul 10th 2006 by steve hazen

412. They are all bitches. The whole bunch. Every last one of them. Every minute of every day.

Posted at 12:06PM on Jul 10th 2006 by Dick

413. Forget Debbie where's the story on the fireworks between Bab's and Monique the day prior? Star is being very harshly victimized in TMZ's protrayal ot the issue on the View.

Posted at 1:31PM on Jul 25th 2006 by KayK

414. As long as Star was fat, black, and happy and manless. She was acceptable. It didn't escape me that as soon as she lost weight and "some" people saw that she really is beautiful (as she stated all along) and married a successful, handsome black man did she suddenly become a liability to the show. If her wedding freebies were so wrong and her weight loss so unappealing , then why were there countless shows on both subjects. ABC and Barbara Walters all had to sign off on what was aired and what wasn't. If you believe that cock and bull story Ms. Walters is spouting, then you really must have your head in the sand. People are fired everyday and no one makes a major announcement. So what if she announced her departure from the show 2 days earlier than planned. Since she could have said or made up any reason as to why she was leaving, then it should have been perfectly acceptable for her to tell the truth as she saw it. Does the timing really matter? It wouldn't if there wasn't some grain of truth to what Star had to say. She was acceptable as long as she fat, black, successful, and manless. As soon as she began to take better care of herself and became engaged to a man that loved her and found her sexy and atttactive at her former weight then the problems set in. I knew something was up back in March of this year because she was unusually quiet and not participating the way she normally would. I couldn't put my finger on it then, but once they announced that Rosie O'Donnell would be Meredith's replacement I figured that the one voice for Christianity that Rosie couldn't overshadow (i.e., Star) would be gone in a flash and I was right. The show is going in a different direction, she's right about that. How is one betrayed by a simple act of timing. That's what this boils down to. Star spilled the beans before ABC and Barbara Walters wanted her to and now she's a loose cannon and can't be controlled. I did not realize that it was the job of employers to "control" their employees. I was under the impression that it was a contractual agreement for services rendered and payment tendered in kind for those services.

She was fired that's what "your contract will not be renewed for next year" means. To say she wasn't fired is inaccurate at best and so P.C. that's it's not even funny. Several people are attempting to save face because they have been caught with their pants down so to speak. If you make it your practice to be above board and honest and full of integrity in all your dealings with people, it would not be necessary to save face. People would know the truth from the beginning and the speculation would go nowhere. Show business is a cutthroat, ruthless and conniving business. Everyone in it is aware of this fact. You have to play the game if you want to survive. Sometimes one has to decide what being the game is going to cost them. If the price is too high then you have to sideline yourself or take yourself off the team completely.

Star made her decision and ABC and Barbara Walters made their decision. I wouldn't have exited the show the way Star did but then we are two different people. Star isn't asking for your approval or your blessing, and I think that is what has so many people upset with her. She is who she is and she makes no apologies for it. If being self-confident and self-assured, intelligent, articulate and comfortable in your own skin is considered a negative, then this country has really gone downhill.

Dorothy

Posted at 8:43PM on Aug 18th 2006 by Dorothy S.

415. Hopefully, Star Jones Reynolds will never get another job on-air again. Let her fad into the distance with her "formerly-gay-now-saved-christian" hubby and bake cookies in Dallas.

This kind of tlk is from people who could never have been friends of Star's. Check yourselves because this is straight from imature bity babies. casn see why now that Debbie was fired. Bshe was re hired on a show and it must have been the hire a blond day, which is after all every day.

Posted at 2:00AM on Sep 4th 2006 by she

416. Whats all this Star bashing she like all the other asshole talked about their boring ass lives but because hers was more interesting than the rest they got mad...Tell me liz is not the most boring ass women you want to met..Barbara too has no life to talk about,Joy jokes are as dry as hell so whats new with the veiw oh yes rosie tired ass will be on boring all about her life so what will we do now...

Posted at 1:42PM on Sep 6th 2006 by blue1461

417. Barbara has had a cutthroat rep for years in the tabs. She clawed her way to the top when there were very few women to compete. It was this same blind self-regard that makes Star look classy in the way she (Star) handled the whole situation vs. management. I will be watching a classier Ellen DeGeneres come September and good luck Star I will be looking for your next gig...which is a surprise to me!:)

Posted at 2:42PM on Dec 16th 2006 by D. James