Star Jones Responds to Barbara Walters' Memoir
By Usmagazine.com
May 7, 2008, 9:55 am PDT
Star Jones is speaking out against Barbara Walters for including her in her new memoir, "Audition."
In the book, Walters claims Jones forced her to lie about her gastric bypass surgery on "The View." Walters also reveals that she had an affair with then-married Senator Edward Brooke during the 1970s.
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Usmagazine.com caught up with Jones (who recently split from husband Al Reynolds) as she left a tennis workout in NYC Wednesday.
"It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair, and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book," Jones told Us. "It speaks to her true character."
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In the book, Walters claims Jones forced her to lie about her gastric bypass surgery on "The View." Walters also reveals that she had an affair with then-married Senator Edward Brooke during the 1970s.
[ Barbara Walters Reveals Relationship With Married Senator - Read the article ]
Usmagazine.com caught up with Jones (who recently split from husband Al Reynolds) as she left a tennis workout in NYC Wednesday.
"It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair, and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book," Jones told Us. "It speaks to her true character."
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c_della
Hold on -- home come Barbara take a jab at Star and Star not fire back. Sounds like a double standard to me. Just because someone has been around in other's business forever -- does not mean that the tables should not now turn. Fair is fair and Barbara -- as much as I respect and like her -- time has come. Doesn't feel so good -- does it? If you can't take it -- don
report abuseposted May 10, 2008, 6:27 am PDT
I disagree, Barbara let the public know the facts, rather than hearsay after she is gone. I think she is a smart women. Get real Star, who do you think you were fooling?
report abuseposted May 9, 2008, 9:49 am PDT
star if you would have focused more on the issues at hand..your crazy self maybe youed still be married.
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 4:16 pm PDT
Hey everybody you can stop hating on Star and her husband and her weight lost because walters is a grown woman and nobody can force a real woman to do anything who told everybody that Star is famous because of miss walters get real stop hating by the way who force miss walters to have an affair with a married mannnnn TELL ME WHO NOT STAR
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 4:13 pm PDT
Hey everybody you can stop hating on Star and her husband and her weight lost because walters is a grown woman and nobody can force a real woman to do anything who told everybody that Star is famous because of miss walters get real stop hating by the way who force miss walters to have an affair with a married mannnnn TELL ME WHO NOT STAR
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 4:13 pm PDT
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report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 2:59 pm PDT
Hey, Star jones stop slmming Barbara Walter I didnot know that you were reallly famous until you apperaed in the View. You should be greatful because Barbara makes you famous.
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 2:29 pm PDT
Oh now it is being "reduced" to tell the truth? OMG Star... just tell the truth and you wouldn't be in the hot seat, duh!
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 1:27 pm PDT
Star would have nothing to say about any of this if she weren't pissed about BW - goddess- talking openly about SJ's gastric bypass. Didn't we all know that anyway? Did SJ really think the whole country thought she didn't have surgery? Geesh. Get over it, Star.
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 1:24 pm PDT
Me no...me want to bi buk and sel to the swamp meet and get monee and free churros para evrion
report abuseposted May 8, 2008, 12:18 pm PDT
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