Has anyone been following the upheaval on "The View?" It appears Star Jones/Reynolds is history and upstaged Barbara Walters by announcing her departure without warning. Star went to "People" magazine and told her version of the story forcing Barbara to make a public announcement on the show and deciding not to have Star return to work out the remainder of her contract.

Barbara provided Star the opportunity to become a star and kept her employed for 9 years. Star's contract was not being renewed and ABC said Star could state whatever reason she wanted to for leaving and they would back her up. I think Star's actions were juvenile and a slap in the face to Barbara Walters. She might have been ticked and felt that Rosie O'Donnell was the causative factor in her contract not being renewed but she lacked grace in departing with dignity.

OK, I know many of you will disagree with me but it's good to get different points of view... pun intended. LOL.

Any woman who pretends to want to help so many women like she claims to do on the View but yet still refuses to answer the question on how she lost her weight is a hypocrite in my book! By Bye Star is right!

I agree with many of you that Star should have just come out and said something about it, it does seem as if she was being dishonest with the public and while I can respect that it is a personal journey, I think she really could have helped a lot of people...I mean, she had no problem taking everyone on her excruciating to watch journey of her damn wedding! :blah:

If they were going to get rid of anyone it should have been Joy Behar! She is so mean and bitter towards other women. I think she is jealous and rude and I can barely even watch because of her. I can't stand people who have to put other people down to make themselves feel better. Why do ya'll think Star had GB and not the band? Just curious!

I truly find it so amazing how everyone is thinking. I only hope when I meet goal everyone is not saying I look like a frog. Hey we all have walked in these shoes and I find it so funny that people don't look and say, I only hope I can do as well. Everyone goes on and on about how wonderful (me too) oprha looks but they are so hard on star. Think if when you lose all your weight are people going to be saying the same things about you. That your head is to large, that you should have told people about how you lost your weight like it is anyones business. Walk a mile in my shoes I am always so happy when someone does well with weight loss because I know how hard it is, and everyone here knows too, or they would not be here. Now ask me if I'm a Star Jones fan I'm not either way, ask me if I'm happy about her weight loss, you bet. Am I a View fan was until they said Rosie was the replacement for Meredith. Merdith had class! When you get Rosie and Joy together it will get really mean they will try to out do each other and the mean remarks will fly. I stopped watching at the time they named Rosie and knew Star was gone the day Barbara said she was happy to say Rosie was coming on turned the channel at that point. That's it just can't beleive that people that work so hard on losing there weight would be so hard on someone that has done what they are working so hard to do themselves. That's it. Hope no one is angry

Well said, JucyC!

My dislike of Star has nothing to do with her weight loss. I have not told anyone but my family and respect her decision not to talk about it in the media. She didn't sign on to be anyone's weight loss pied piper or advocate.

But then again, she DID write a book about how to get your life together and it did talk about weight loss didn't it? If your going to mentor people in weight loss issues, and enough to write it in a book, then yes, you've chosen to put yourself out there and yes, speak the whole truth then. I refuse to give her my "little people's" dollar by buying her book, but if so, methinks I smell a hypocrite.

No, my dislike comes from hearing about, and knowing of many people both in the industry and the "simple man" treated badly by her. Quite simply, she is not a nice person.

So, what I would say to any mean person....

buh-bye and let the door hit you on the way out!

If they were going to get rid of anyone it should have been Joy Behar! She is so mean and bitter towards other women. I think she is jealous and rude and I can barely even watch because of her. I can't stand people who have to put other people down to make themselves feel better. Why do ya'll think Star had GB and not the band? Just curious!

This is true. I've heard of women being at parties with her and of Joy being very catty. She doesn't seem like a nice woman either.

In fact, most of the women who have left or been fired from the show eventually talk about how unkind the women on the show were to them. Which is part of the reason i don't watch the show. I won't give themthe ratings. Plus, sitting around listening to the cackling of these hens and their opinions on things would drive me up the wall.

Women are hard on each other aren't they??

Bottom line: Mean people suck.

Women are hard on each other aren't they??

Bottom line: Mean people suck.

You got it!!! That's why I don't have very many female friends. The ones I do have are awesome women and very confident. I got sick of having female friends who were backstabbers and gossip queens. Most of the women on my mom's side of the family are like that. I'd rather be friends with a man! hahaha. They don't gab about who's screwing who and who's getting fat! Well... unless it involves hunting or football! hahaha. My husband had a hard time when we first met and he realized I had so many guy friends. Women really are hard on each other!

Why is everyone so damn concerned with this? Who gives a damn what she does? We need threads discussing someones career choices, especially someone we don't even know.

I think it is extremely childish of people to judge the woman based on what the media says. NOBODY knows her personally, and NOBODY knows what happens behind closed doors.

If I was constantly drilled about losing weight, I'd have a damn chip on my shoulder too. Her private life is just that, private. She doesn't owe it to anyone to explain how she lost weight, just like I never will go public with my choice.

Being a celebrity is hard work and all the money in the world can't buy you respect. The media can ruin you with one photo or rumor, can ruin your family, career, whole life. Why do you think it is that so many celebrities hide away in fancy high security hotels or start using drugs and alcohol. Because people are so f-ing fascinated with the stars that papparazzi and magazines will do anything to get a sale.

Leave her alone, you DO NOT know her, so why badmouth her?

Walk a mile in her shoes before you make a judgement.

Hm edit is broken, I meant to say we DONT need threads discussing this. Oopsie.