O'Donnell to Replace Vieira on 'The View'

[misholly]

Report: Star Jones exiting 'The View'

NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) -- Star Jones may be leaving ABC's "The View," sources have told "Entertainment Tonight."

Rumors of Jones' possible departure cropped up in the wake of the addition of Rosie O'Donnell, who was announced as Meredith Vieira's replacement when she heads to NBC's "Today" show.

O'Donnell has publicly criticized Jones for not revealing her drastic weight loss and implied she is hiding the fact her new svelte look is the result of a surgical procedure.

"Entertainment Tonight" reported Wednesday that sources within the Jones camp said it's "no secret" she does not plan on re-signing with the show when her contract expires in August.

"The View" released a statement in response to the report, simply stating: "Star is part of 'The View' family."

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[misholly]

I think so too. She always has a look on her face like she smells something.

 

[blackmettalic]

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[Jennifer]

haaaaaaaaaa!

 

[misholly]

May 9, 2006 -- STAR Jones Reynolds has been told to hitch up her hefty wagonload of freebies and waddle off into the sunset, sources say.

ABC will announce this week that the big-boned talking head is out at "The View," a source close to the inner workings of the late-morning gabfest tells Page Six. What network brass won't say is that she's being unceremoniously ousted at the direct behest of the show's grand dame Barbara Walters and the incoming Rosie O'Donnell.

"It was always Rosie's condition of joining the show, and Barbara agreed to those conditions from the outset," our source said. The network and Jones are now concocting a face-saving scenario in which Jones will be touted as moving on to pursue important new projects.

Jones' camp yesterday denied the blustery babbler is going anywhere. "It's 100 percent not true. Where are you hearing this?" a rep for Jones said. A "View" flack echoed that. But those denials come on the heels of reports that Oprah Winfrey's best friend, Gayle King, may be in line to take over Jones' chair on the kitschy coffee klatch.

And while publicly, the show says Jones is "welcome" to remain on "The View" as long as she wants, insiders confirmed late last week that her agents are quietly shopping around for a new job for her.

There's been bad blood on the set, particularly with co-host Joy Behar. Star was secretly dubbed "Bridezilla" two years ago after she took untold freebies from wedding suppliers in exchange for plugs on the show.

And she threw a hissy fit when ABC suits banned her from plugging Payless shoes, which paid for her endorsement. Recently, Jones enraged Walters and her crew by bragging about her dramatic weight loss while refusing to confirm that she'd undergone gastic bypass surgery to achieve it.

How Jones' star has fallen - just a few weeks ago, she had hoped to succeed Meredith Vieira as the moderator of the crew.

But Walters wasn't going to let that happen because "she hates her. Really can't stand her," a source told us last week. O'Donnell was recruited quickly after Vieira announced she was jumping to "Today."

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[emily_3383]

I seriously cant see star jones and rosie odonnel ever sitting together everyday for an hour.lol