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Star Jones Returns to The View, Recalls 'Ugly' Departure
Originally posted 02/22/2012 01:10PM
Star Jones returned to The View Wednesday – her first visit to the ABC talk show since her much talked-about departure in June 2006.
"It was ugly. Everything. It was a bad emotional time. Nasty things were being said in the media," Jones said after her former boss, Barbara Walters, insisted on discussing her exit, when the host abruptly announced she was leaving on the air, then revealed she had been fired by the show.
"I wanted to go out on my own terms so that if I walked back here I'd feel good about it," Jones continued. "I had eight fantastic years here. One was 'eh.' I came back to congratulate you on all you accomplished. I hope you congratulate me on what I accomplished."
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Joy Behar: I Wouldn't Wed Until the In-Laws Were Dead
Originally posted 11/07/2011 01:50PM
Joy Behar originally said it was the passage of gay marriage legislation in New York that finally encouraged her to say "I do" to Steve Janowitz, her beau of 29 years.
But now The View co-host admits there was an additional factor involved.
"I waited until all the parents were dead," Behar, 69, said on Monday's Rachael Ray. "So I have no in-laws at all. He has none and I have none. 'Cause marriage is mostly about in-laws, I find. They always want you to visit them and come for lasagna."
In-laws aren't the only thing about marriage Behar hoped to avoid.
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Joy Behar's Marriage: What You Don't Know
Originally posted 10/04/2011 12:05PM
It only took 29 years for Joy Behar and longtime beau Steve Janowitz to tie the knot.
After a broken engagement in 2009, the couple finally wed in New York City in August – so what prompted The View co-host to make it official?
"I only married Steve because I got tired of waiting for Wolf Blitzer to ask me," Behar joked in a comedic list called "10 Things You Don't Know About My Marriage" which she wrote for The Huffington Post.
Behar did get serious about her nuptials on The View, saying that the recent passage of gay marriage legislation in New York and the rights married couples enjoy informed her decision.
Sherri Shepherd, Joy Behar Share Wedding Details on The View
Originally posted 09/06/2011 12:00PM
The View returned to ABC Tuesday to launch its 15th season on the air – but the ladies had even bigger milestones to discuss.
While on their summer hiatus, Sherri Shepherd tied the knot with Lamar Sally on Aug. 13 in Chicago, and her co-host Joy Behar said I do with her longtime partner Steve Janowitz the day before.
"I'm going to make this marriage work if it kills me," Shepherd, who wore her wedding dress and sky-high, sparkling wedding shoes, said at the top of the hour on Tuesday.
Shepherd, whose wedding was filmed for a Style Network special scheduled to air Sept. 13, told the audience about a close call during the celebration. "One of my bridesmaids, I think it was Niecy Nash, said, 'Don't wear any underwear," Shepherd said. "They knew me and Sal had been celibate for 11 months, so [she wanted me to do] anything [I could] do to get him turned back on."
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Joy Behar Is Married
Originally posted 08/12/2011 08:00PM
The View co-host Joy Behar is going to have plenty to talk about when the show returns next month.
After dating for 29 years, the View co-host, 68, and beau Steve Janowitz have tied the knot.
"She was married in New York City last night in a private ceremony," a rep for the show tells PEOPLE. "She will discuss it on Sept. 6 on The View when the show returns for the 15th season."
Behar's wedding date, Aug. 11, also coincidentally marks the 14th anniversary of the ABC daytime show's debut in 1997.
VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar Storm Off The View
Originally posted 10/14/2010 01:50PM
It's not a surprise that Bill O'Reilly and The View's Joy Behar may not see eye to eye politically. But a discussion about Muslims and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Thursday's show set off a firestorm – prompting the redhead and her co-host Whoopi Goldberg to leave the set.
During a discussion about the proposed Islamic cultural center downtown Manhattan, O'Reilly insisted it would be "inappropriate" to have a Muslim place of worship so near to Ground Zero.
This prompted Whoopi Goldberg to inquire, "Why is it inappropriate?"
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Jay Leno: Conan O'Brien and I 'Got Screwed' by NBC
Originally posted 03/31/2010 03:30PM
Joy Behar may have been the guest on Tuesday's The Tonight Show, but host Jay Leno was the one who really dished.
In a short conversation backstage, Leno told Behar for her HLN show that he and Conan O'Brien were both "treated terribly" in January's shake-up at NBC, which eventually restored him as host of The Tonight Show.
"Conan got screwed. I got screwed," Leno said. "This is TV. The reason show business pays a lot of money is so when you get screwed you've got something left over."
But Leno expects O'Brien, who recently announced a 30-city North American tour, to return to television eventually.
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Joy Behar Breaks Off Engagement
Originally posted 06/25/2009 11:25AM
TV series, uh-huh. Marriage, uh-uh.
"I'm getting my own talk show on HLN, so I don't have to get married anymore," Joy Behar is quoted as announcing, reports New York's Daily News. "Actually, I got cold feet again, so I don't know what I'm going to do. It's off the table. What'll happen is, when I decide to do it, I'll do it, and then everybody will know I did it. I can't make up my mind."
In March, Behar, 66, quasi-announced her engagement to longtime companion Steve Janowitz.
Then again, how seriously did Behar really take her engagement? When her View colleague (and producer) Barbara Walters offered to throw the wedding and asked, "How many people do you want?," Behar replied with her usual tongue in cheek: "I don't know. How many can you afford?"
– Stephen M. Silverman
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Joy Behar's Looking for George Clooney
Originally posted 06/12/2009 07:10AM
In her desire for a "lively, fun and interesting show," Joy Behar hopes her just-announced primetime HLN cable program this fall will attract the likes of "George Clooney and John McCain," the View cohost tells PEOPLE.
"George has something to say other than 'Go see my new movie,' " says Behar, 65. "That's what I'm aiming for. I'd love to have Bill Maher, Jay Leno, people who have things to say besides trying to get a laugh."
Behar knows the territory well. "I sat in for Larry King a few weeks ago and had Denis Leary and Steve Harvey on. Both of them had great things to say about politics and relationships. They had something to say and they were funny," she says.
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Joy Behar Gets a TV Show All Her Own
Originally posted 06/11/2009 06:40AM
Joy Behar will present a view all her own, a "topical and fun" show, the View cohost tells The New York Times of the HLN cable program she and the sister channel of CNN are due to launch this fall.
Tentatively titled The Joy Behar Show and expected to debut in September in the 9 p.m. timeslot currently occupied by repeats of Lou Dobbs Tonight, the new series is to serve as a platform for the outspoken Behar, 65, who also will continue her morning duties with Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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