Star Jones Leaving The View! Surprise! Not.

There are a lot of people out there today searching for Star Jones news. It turns out she's officially leaving The View, after denying it for a while, like she denied all those gastric bypass "rumors." She also admitted to People magazine that she was fired.

"[Barbara] Walters said ABC network chiefs had decided last fall not to renew Reynolds’ contract because its research showed that Reynolds’ dramatic weight loss and 2004 wedding to banker Al Reynolds had turned viewers off... 'we tried to give Star time to redeem herself in the eyes of the audience, and the research just kept getting worse.' ... [Rosie] O’Donnell’s hiring had nothing to do with the decision, she said. That April announcement had led to widespread speculation over whether O’Donnell and Reynolds could co-exist. O’Donnell had made several caustic remarks about Reynolds, saying that it was dishonest for her to talk about losing more than 100 pounds through diet and exercise without talking about gastric bypass surgery."

But those of us in Big Fat Deal land heard the real story early last month. This is your place for cutting-edge Star Jones gossip, people, right here.

For instance, how about some divorce rumors? We all know Al is gay; maybe she's decided to try and hold out for a heterosexual man instead. She's denying those rumors, of course. Just like she denied leaving The View, and we see how that turned out. Seriously, does anyone ever believe publicist denials anymore?