"They" made the decision because Star acted like a jagoff!

SHE DIDN'T TELL HER COHOSTS WHICH IS THE MAIN THING THAT I AM SAYING WAS UNPROFESSIONAL AND INCONSIDERATE. Whatever goes on "behind closed doors" - she told her cohosts, producer, director etc she was going to make the announcement Thursday, and flipped the script without telling them. I mean, what the? Did Joy put a booger on Star's Danish Tuesday morning and she decided she just couldn't take it until Thursday? She could have exited gracefully on Thursday, instead she made herself look like a publicity hungry jerk.

Its funny that a strong black woman doesn't get the respect that she deserves, which just makes her stronger. We don't know what went on behind closed doors besides what they release and even then, of course they are going to slander the other person involved (STAR) to make themselves look better (Barbara and the officials over at ABC). What they did was dirty (from having Rosie replace Meredith when they knew that STAR and ROSIE are complete opposites/strong personalities by theirself). It's ridiculous that we can't appreciate or even congratulate a strong woman or man without slandering and/or being negative about them.

Star is a well educated young woman that is not afraid to speak her mind. I applaud her stance and wish her very much success as she moves on to new endeavors.:D

You better stop saying those kinds of things about her. Folks might get upset. :rolleyes: :p

But why should everything be about Star?


Just because Star and Rosie don't get along, isn't a good enough reason not to hire Rosie. Unfortunately that is society. You have to work with people you don't necessarily get along with. It's a fact of life. To me it sounds like Star had no intention of ever wanting to try to get along with Rosie.

Basically what you are saying is that a boss should never hire a person that one of his workers doesn't get along with? It doesn't work that way. The boss is going to look for who does the best job. Not whether ONE person doesn't like them.

Now, if Barbara, Joy and Elisabeth all came back and said "no we don't want her to work with us" it might have been a whole other issue, because it is not just one person saying "I can't work with this person" it is the whole cast.

But the only reports we have heard is Star not getting along with Rosie, which like I said, isn't a good enough reason.

Plus, from the sounds of it Star KNEW that her contract wasn't going to be renewed long before Rosie was hired. From, what I'm reading on this thread and what I'm understanding, it sounds like Star knew back in like April that her contract wasn't going to be renewed but Rosie wasn't hired until May.

I looked at a soundbite from the show where Barbara Walters talked about the situation.

Pretty cold.

So The F*@k What!?!?!?

She made the announcement 2 days early. How did that really alter/damage the show or the other cohosts??? The show easily operates w/1 less person, so her not returning wouldn't cause the show to not aire the following 2 days. Clearly they pulled together the new intro in no time. Her making the announcement early is not that big of a deal.

The show had already shyted on her by not renewing her contract, and then not having the balls to admit that they were giving her the shaft. Why shouldn't she leave on her own terms?? Maybe sitting there bullshyting like everything was alright just got to be too much for her. All that she did was announce her departure (in a respectful and vague way). Its not like she cussed Barbara out, poisioned their coffee, and kicked them in the shins. Sheesh!

The bottom line is that if everyone didn't have such a big problem with her as an individual, then her exit wouldn't even be an issue. No one would have had a problem with Meredith or Elisabeth making an early announcement about their departure.

Star on Larry King tonight
 

Well we all should be watching Larry King tonight...... I'm anxious to see what the 'story' will be and how she answers questions from the callers........

9pm EST CNN

"Showbiz" people do or don't have their contracts renewed on all levels with a fair amount of regularity.

In the end, that's a business decision that may have to do with ratings, salary or sometimes personality. We appear to have, if nothing else, a huge clash of egos in this case.

It may well be that hiring Rosie (I'm not a fan of either one) was done in hopes that the verbal fireworks between her and Star would add some spice to the show. Who knows except the ABC Execs.

If the ABC Brass indeed told Star months ago that her deal would not be renewed, it sounds like there was at least some degree of professionalism on their part. It also appears that they were hoping that her departure could be handled in a way that was the least embarassing to her or the show and network. In any event, not renewing a contract is not generally considered "shyting" on someone -- it's a fact of life in the entertainment (and, yes, even the news) business.

Once again we are clearly speculating on what happened and why Star decided to make her announcement early...Maybe she was just fed up with the whole scenario and was tired of fighting (as mentioned before, we don't know what went on behind closed doors)...

No what I am saying is, If I, being a woman of influence, were placed in a position where I would be working with someone I didn't care to much about and my supervisor knew about (depending on the relationship with my supervisor) then I would consider it a stab in the back by my...however, if I didn't have an open relationship with my supervisor and couldn't provide feedback, then maybe I wouldn't care...I just would work with the individual because #1 - it is the RIGHT thing to do! Of course, there are going to be people that you DON'T LIKE, but in STAR's case, to me it is just different! They would probably find things to DISAGREE about just because of the mere fact that they don't like each other...but again, here I am speculating!

One thing I think is interesting is how we're all speculating as to what happened. I didn't watch the Larry King interview so maybe someone that did can fill us all in.

It seems to me like there simply was an agreement made behind the scenes to handle Star's departure/termination in a certain manner (i.e. announcing it on Thursday). When Star decided to not handle it in the agreed upon manner, they asked her not to return to work. I could see the same thing happening in any sort of business, not only a t.v. show.

It is my understanding that their agreement w/Rosie when she was hired was that Star would not be on the show. That is a shyty move. Again, her making the announcement early is not that big of a deal, and no one would have a problem with it if it was someone other than Star.

That's my guess. I've seen it happen many times in TV, and heard of it at least as many in other industries.

Jessica Simpson wasn't hired for the remake of Dallas because JLo didn't want her. It happens all the time. It's a matter of who the producers wanted more, and apparently, in this case, it was Rosie.

I think that we're all in agreement on this. Some people just seem to think that this is a BIG deal and further evidence that Star is the monstrous bitch who has been a drag on the show from the begining.