In America, I always make a point of watching The View. It's kind of like Loose Women in the UK except the women talk about deeper issues and get involved with the hot topics. The hosts are infinitely more bland aswell - Barbara Walters looks as though she's been embalmed and the others are not so much desperate housewives as just hausfrau's!
The exception to this was Star Jones. Larger than life, she was with The View at inception and made it a cult hit. She also hosted the red carpet for E! at the Oscars last year but anyway - Star married Big Al and called herself Star Jones Reynolds and had plastic surgery to lose weight. Now Star announced yesterday on the show that she would be leaving and not returning for a 10th season. Part of this seemed to be as Rosie O'Donnell is going to be on and the two don't get on. That was that or so I thought....
Gossip blogs and online news has shown that today, Star wasn't on The View and wouldn't be returning. Barbara played the school teacher scolding Star for announcing to People magazine that she was fired from the show and that Barbara was basically a bitch. Barbara is an exec producer on the show so nixed Star's return. Apparently Star's approval ratings have dropped as less people like her and she's known for some time that she'd be leaving. Star decided yesterday to announce that it was best to go and taking the other hosts by surprise!!
Star's due to appear on Larry King tonight and I can't wait to see what's going on in this battle between Star and a TV heavyweight. Star's sneeky so I'm desperate to see more of her antics, my money's on her rather than the slightly dead Barbara.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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I read about this in the Guardian the other week. I think it has something to do with Star getting too big for her boots in Barbara's eyes. Star used tgo have a say in any new hosts, but Barbara bypassed her on this occasion because she had been trying to bag Rosie and knew Star wasn't a fan. Women (American ones especially) are mental, aren't they? Why can't they all just get on?
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