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Feminists at 'The View' Fire Star Jones . . . for Failing to Be Fat
AP/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/28/2006 3:51:55 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

by Mark Finkelstein

June 28, 2006

As a veteran Couric watcher, I've recently come to follow [without actually watching] doings at The View, since Katie's replacement Meredith Vieira was for years a member of the show's cast. For those unfamiliar with it, The View is an all-female televised coffee klatsch and gabfest of which Barbara Walters is the creator, partial owner and a co-host.

The View has a distinct liberal tint to its patter. And as we know, one of the tenets of feminist theology is that women have a right to whatever kind of body size they want, free of societal restraints.

How ironic - some might say hypocritical - that one reason for the recent firing of co-host Star Jones is that . . . she refused to stay fat! As you'll note from the before and after pics here, Star has undergone a dramatic physical transformation. According to this AP article:

"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."

My personal view is that employers, subject to their contractual agreements, should be able to hire and fire as per their own standards. Long live Hooters. But isn't this a case of The View not practicing what it preaches? Why, were the tables turned, some might even accuse a conservative show that fired Jones under similar circumstances of racism, of trying to keep Star down on the 'fat farm.'


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barbarawalters; bodyshape; hahahahahahaha; liberalhypocrisy; lostweightstillugly; nobodylikesyou; piggetsslaughtered; starjones; theview; tolazytodiet; viewtoashrill; whoflippincares; youngfinkelstein
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To: dennisw

I hear Rodney and Henny on Channel 151 (Laugh USA) on XM. I don't know who that other guy is.


101 posted on 06/28/2006 10:49:57 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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To: dennisw
Drudge has this picture up? Same Star Jones?
102 posted on 06/28/2006 1:10:56 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Calling Jesse Jackass!

Barbara WaWA is a racist pig!

103 posted on 06/28/2006 1:11:48 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

Same one! She must have been a real diet.


104 posted on 06/28/2006 3:24:15 PM PDT by dennisw (Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.)
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To: TexasCajun

That's one of those Lycra cameras - see how it's stretttttching the pic upwards and not outwards? She does NOT look like that.


105 posted on 06/28/2006 3:24:49 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: Covenantor

That has to be Boy George with Rosie O'Donut. Holy smokes!!!


106 posted on 06/28/2006 3:25:32 PM PDT by dennisw (Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Jones' replacement will be Rosie O'Donnell, once again making a bold statement as to the lack of any sort of relevance The View has in the real world.

If the outrage of this year's Oscar going a film about racism over a film about gaydom is any indication, it would seem that gay is the new black.

It's sad that the entertainment industry just uses people and throws them away when its done, but I guess we shouldn't expect any better from a business that is completely void of integrity or morals.

107 posted on 06/28/2006 3:35:53 PM PDT by Mazi83
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To: paudio

Rosie, o please do not lose weight and get married. What would The View do without your wholesome presence?


108 posted on 06/28/2006 4:17:28 PM PDT by sine_nomine (Marvel at the Senate's No Mexican Left Behind Bill (wit cloned from M. Steyn))
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To: Inspectorette

Yes. And Amen to all that. I hope the death of that show is long, slow, and dismal. Rosie will help that decline a lot. She will occupy the Fat 'n Nasty Seat at the School of Bitter Old Menopausal Women's Advanced Studies.


109 posted on 06/28/2006 4:21:07 PM PDT by sine_nomine (Marvel at the Senate's No Mexican Left Behind Bill (wit cloned from M. Steyn))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It never ceases to amaze me how important some people think they are.


110 posted on 06/28/2006 4:59:02 PM PDT by Hildy (Change calls the tune we dance to.)
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To: Hildy

I think this whole thing is hilarious.


111 posted on 06/28/2006 5:00:42 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: TexasCajun

Oddly, her face was prettier when she was fat. It's often like that - face or figure. Her body looks better but her face looks horsier.


112 posted on 06/28/2006 5:02:12 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

:)


113 posted on 06/28/2006 5:03:08 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: veronica

Me too. The funniest part is that they think people are going to tune in to see Rosie O'Donnell....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOOOLOOO


114 posted on 06/28/2006 5:03:39 PM PDT by Hildy (Change calls the tune we dance to.)
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To: Hildy

Well, they will now. I thought what Rosie said about Star was right on.


115 posted on 06/28/2006 5:04:24 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: Hildy
Rosie O'Donnell Comments on Star Jones' Weight Loss...

"STAR JONES has made headlines recently for her dramatic weight loss -- in which she won't reveal how she took off the pounds -- and even more recently gained attention for her breast lift surgery nearly two weeks ago. Now, ROSIE O'DONNELL voices her opinion on "The View" co-host's weight loss. "I don't understand with Star Jones why she's alright with talking about having a breast augmentation ... but not gastric bypass," she says. "I don't understand that."

O'Donnell says she isn't convinced that Star did it through exercise and diet alone. "If you have to have gastric bypass because you feel it's a medical emergency and you have no alternative, then you have that, and there are repercussions to having that," she says, "but to pretend you lost it doing Pilates is kind of delusional."

116 posted on 06/28/2006 5:08:20 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Out with the token black. In with the token lesbian. Maybe Connie Chung can join.


117 posted on 06/28/2006 5:08:35 PM PDT by LetsRok
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To: LetsRok

Token Asian or token loon??


118 posted on 06/28/2006 5:09:59 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: veronica

How dare Rosie O'Donnell comment on ANYBODY's body. What makes women do this to each other? Oh, wait...I'm assuming Rosie is a "woman." Sorry.


119 posted on 06/28/2006 5:32:24 PM PDT by Hildy (Change calls the tune we dance to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I wish I could say what I really think of Rosie O on this board, but GLAAD would probably catch wind of it and have FreeRepublic.com shut down...and then everybody would hate me. Rosie O'Donnell is a ^*&#$^*#@^$*#(&(*#@&$*(#&$*(#$&(#*&$*(#&$#*(&$#*(&$#*(&$#*(&$#(*&$#*($&#(*$&#(*. :)


120 posted on 06/28/2006 6:34:52 PM PDT by bigdcaldavis (Xandros : In a world without fences, who needs Gates?)
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