Buzz of the Week - Star Jones

This story has been all over the place this week. I have heard so many different reports on it I can hardly keep up.

StarJones was on Steve Harvey this week talking about it too. That was the most "keepin it real" interview I heard about the whole thing. Ya'll know how we do! We keeps it real. I can't repeat what Steve Harvey called all them women on The View cuz I'm trying to keep this site at least PG-13 and up, but suffice it to say, it was classic Steve Harvey goin' hard and I almost fell out my computer chair when he said it! ((THUD)) (Head falls on desk) She's gonna be back on Steve's show coming up soon too. Check back around July 5th ;). Steve Harvey told Star, "No matter what happens, Star, we gots your back up in heyeah! Believe that!"

Star will be on Larry King Live tonight at 9pm EDT to speak for herself to America. Al Roker said she will also be on The Today Show Friday.

From ABC News:

Questions Surround Star Jones
Reynolds' 'View' Departure

Who Will Replace Outspoken Co-Host on 'The View'?

June 29, 2006 — Controversy never seems far from Star Jones Reynolds, so perhaps it was fitting that her last day on 'The View' was controversial, too.

"Something has been on my heart for a little bit and after much prayer and counsel, I feel like this is the right time to tell you that the show is moving in another direction for its 10th season and I will not be returning as co-host next year," Reynolds said on Tuesday's show.

That statement caught her co-hosts by surprise.

"We didn't expect her to make this statement yesterday," Barbara Walters said on Wednesday. "She gave us no warning and we were taken by surprise. But the truth is that Star has known for months that ABC did not want to renew her contract and that she would not be asked back in the fall."

It's been a tumultuous couple of years for the former prosecutor turned talk show diva, Reynolds took a lot of heat from critics in the press who accused her of using the show to solicit freebies for her lavish wedding.

"I so wanted to be Cinderella for one brief, shining moment, I did," Reynolds told ABC News' "20/20" earlier this year. "I wanted the white dress. I wanted the 926 bridesmaids. I wanted it all."

She's also taken flack for her weight, but never publicly discussed her weight loss method or rumors of plastic surgery.

"In the nine seasons on "the View" I gained 75, then lost a total of 150 all in front of the world," Reynolds once told "Good Morning America."

On Wednesday, Reynolds added fuel to the current fire when she called in to a Los Angeles radio show and spoke to Ryan Seacrest.

"I was told yesterday that they did not want me to return today," Reynolds said on the radio.

"So you're not going on today?" Seacrest asked.

"Nope, not at all," Reynolds replied. "I was told yesterday was my last day."

Despite the controversy, Walters offered a word of thanks to Jones.

"'The View' helped make Star a star and Star helped make 'The View' the success that it is," Walters said. "We will never forget that. We wish her well in this new chapter of her life as we begin a new chapter on "The View."

The show's other hosts have remained mum so far, as speculation begins over who might replace Reynolds and Meredith Viera, who left recently to prepare for her new job as co-host of NBC's "Today Show."

ABC News' Taina Hernandez reported this story for "Good Morning America."