31. I had gotten tired of some of Star's antics on the View but I also get tired of Elizabeth, Joy and BARBARA too. That being said I find that for them to go and hire Rosie knowing the bad blood between her and Star was disprespectful, Rosie is no step up. Barbara did that hire to rub salt into that open wound. I think that if they had to hire Rosie that the ratings would have gone up with both her and Star there debating each other. It is very interesting that they are saying that research showed that the audience couldn't connect with her since she lost weight and her marriage to Al if that is the case I think that is sad. I must say that I thought even before Star made her announcement that Barbara and the View were being really low class when they hired Rosie. I will not be watching anymore. I know I am just one viewer but it will make me feel better not to give them my viewership. It not even about Star anymore it is about right and wrong.

Posted at 5:24PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Char

32. Here's the thing. ABC told Star months ago that they were not going to be renewing her contract which gave her plenty of time to find a new gig. That way she could say that she was leaving The View to go wherever and they could give her the big send off that she thinks she deserves a la M.Viera.

Unfortunately for Star NOBODY wants to hire her. She has a bad reputation for being a diva and while she is obviously a very intellegent woman (I'm a LAWYER!) she has tarnished her image with her personal life issues and attitude problem.

During the last couple of months of rejection her bitterness has most likely grown and I am sure she has come to realize that being on The View was probably a pretty good gig. So now that the time has come for her to make her announcement of course she is going to play the "I'm hurt and insulted" card. By doing so, hopefully garnishing enough publicity to make another show think that she could help their ratings. Unfortunately for her, she is only making herself look worse by going up against one of the country's best loved and most reputable TV journalists.

Rosie was hired to replace MV...not Star Jones Reynolds. If she had any dignity at all and really was hurt then she should have just asked to be let out of her contract when they told her it wasn't being renewed and not waited until the last minute to throw down with Barb & ABC. I'm sure that ABC would have been more than happy to see her go although this must be helping their ratings...I even TiVo's the show on Wed. to see what was going to go down.

I for one am glad she's gone. Let's get someone in there who isn't after their own personal agenda, who is intelligent, with a decent sense of humor and who isn't going to marry a gay guy and mess up their face with so much bad plastic surgery that they look like an alien.

Posted at 5:25PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Kristin

33. Oh, and as far as the race card thing goes...if America didn't want to see a strong black woman on television then Oprah wouldn't have the ratings that she does.

The big difference? Oprah has class...something that all the money in the world isn't going to buy Star.

You can bet your life that Star will be replaced with another, more reputable and down to earth black woman. Gayle King anyone?

Posted at 5:31PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Kristin

34. Star knew her contrac was not renewed before Rosie was even hired. She was going to be out of there anyway so Rosie being hired really wouldn't have mattered

Posted at 5:44PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Ronnie

35. Star is a c***. I can't stand her, but... I DO have to say, good for her. She went out of that show the winner.

Posted at 5:57PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Isabel

36. OH MY GOD STAR JONES (#8) herself was here today - we must be right!!! YOU ARE WASHED UP !! talk about respect, uhhhh why??? Who siad you have to respect someone to work with them?????????BUSINESS HELLO

Posted at 5:58PM on Jun 29th 2006 by joanna

37. With Star's behavior after getting fired I doubt anyone would want her to work for them in media. Like the old business adage says, "When you get fired don't be a bitch to your boss because you never know if you have to kiss their ass again in the future." In this case, Star lost all hope for ever hosting a show on major national television; i.e. ABC, NBC, CBS.
Debbie had her right to say what she felt about Star. Freedom of speech is your friend. Besides everyone hates Star Jones. It's nothing new! :)

Posted at 6:01PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Georgia

38. star was shrewd in her handling of her impending departure from the view. she made a preemptive strike, and i say good for her.

the view, i.e. barbara walters was, petty, unkind and mean spirited in her response. she and thus the view showed a lack of dignity by their response to star's "betrayal" as barbara puts it. they, the view, needs to be quiet now and stand on its dwindling merits. if star is digging her own grave then don't hand her the shovel.

Posted at 6:09PM on Jun 29th 2006 by kryssiek

39. i dont think it was nice how they got rid of star first of all i am not a fan of rosie
she is way to opionated and annoys me , i think the tactful way they should have done this is first star should have left before they announced Rosies arrival
everyone knew that they had a fued so i think that was messed up, i was hoping they would have hired patrica heaton i think they better get some appealing hosts or the show is over although Joy is great, elizabeth is sweet but cant carry that show

Posted at 6:09PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Melissa

40. Its about time Barbra spank that a$$. I knew it was coming. Starzilla deflate, her ego inflated, and she was the beginning of her own end. She put herself where she is. And you people crying Debbie who, you don't no what you talking about don't comment. I'm happy that Monster getting spanked. Star is a very good lawyer. First thing a lawyer learns is the client is your boss. YOU ALWAYS HAVE A BOSS!

RULE#1 Don't piss off the BOSS!

Posted at 7:32PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Calee

41. Barbara Walters said they knew by Nov/05 that they were not going to renew Star's contract but they withhold the information to Star until April/06...per Barbara, to give her time to build up her Q ratio. During that time leaks were all over the place saying how Star was fired, it got so loud that Barbara went on the air and told her audience that Star was a valuable co-host of the show.

Barbara/ABC could have handle this with class but they didn't, Barbara the phony that she is was holding Star hands and wishing her the best. Star went out with class. Later that day and the next, Barbara has been saying some very umpleasant words about Star instead of taking the high road...she took the low road. By protesting too, too much she lost her credibility because if the audience doesn't trust you then you out of there.

What people don't get is that Star point of view represented a large majority of the View audience and they didn't like what they saw and heard.

Rosie has a very small voice...she has already pissed off a large segment of the View audience prior to her dissing Star the same week she was announce as Vierra replacement. The only way the View was going to be interesting to me was to see Rosie and Star go after each other...that would have been great T.V. No matter what you say about Star's Diva attitude she sure knew how to debate the issue. Agree with her or not, she was entertaining and was one of the glue that held that show together.

Without Star, you have Barbara, Joy and Elisabeth....a bunch of divas and unfortunately BORING without Star to bounce off of.Because now someone else have to be the b!@#$%..Elisabeth is just stupid and read a script, that leaves Barbara or Joy and I think from prior reading Barbara just elected herself.

Posted at 7:35PM on Jun 29th 2006 by girladvenger

42. Star did the right thing by taking control. However, I would have said what I needed to say to Babs and moved on and not say anything else. The Pazz would needed to pack up and followed me to Paris.....that's where I would have been.....Shopping!!

Anywhoo...I am seeing all the Larry King show comments, did they run the show yet?

Posted at 7:50PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Helene

43. I don't care much for Star but Methuselah Barbara is a royal b**** who pretends to be a motherly but in truth is a raging and ruthless c***. Sure Star could've handled things a lot better but the way she reacted was not in anyway lashing out... well maybe passive aggressive but nonetheless, being dismissed this way gave her a little bit of a right to act out like this. She helped carry this show for 9 nine years and people knew who Star was from day 1, so why act all surprised and put-off and untrusting in Star all of a sudden?

I can tell you one thing, Joy's stupid jokes and this new Rosie b****'s militant attitude may put things a little too off balance I think, and I doubt The View will see another 9 years... that's for sure. And to Methuselah Barbara time to kick the bucket b***, you've been living for what, 275 yrs?

Posted at 8:03PM on Jun 29th 2006 by IsleZeus

44. I think Star is great. I'm glad she is leaving that show. After finding out that they were hiring Rosie to be on The View they lost me as a viewer. I look foreward to watching Star on a show that has more class. You go girl!

Posted at 8:12PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Susan

45. From the moment I saw Star Jones I took her for the diva type. If you listen to her, she is always talking about herself or her stupid husband and she thinks she is so beautiful now after having gastric bypass surgery....whoa! Even when she is interviewing people, she always manages to turn the story around back to her life somehow. How did she get in the business anyway, wasn't she a lawyer? Nobody cares about her opinion about sex or anything else for that matter....I'm glad she got the boot, there wasn't enough space in the room for all the women AND Star's ego!

Debbie is kinda annoying but have you seen the other chick on the view, Elizabeth? She was a castmember from Survivior. Again, no point in listening to her ramble either.

Posted at 8:14PM on Jun 29th 2006 by Jeri