"And so we told her that she could say whatever she wanted about why she was leaving and that we would back her up."
We used to call that, one lies and the other backs it up. So much for honesty and the public's right to know. Barbara Walters is a journalist, isn't she?
"we told her that she could say whatever she wanted about why she was leaving"
Sounds like that's WHAT she did.
It sounds as though Barbara/ABC didn't live up to their end of the deal. What vile thing did Star say/do when she announced she was leaving the show?