Star Jones Announces She Is Leaving The View (Aired: 06/27/2006)

Star Jones goes off script and announces she is leaving the show, live on air (Season 9).

[@garethe9886]

To be honest she left the way she wanted to. I think her speech was very respectful and straight to the point, she knew there was leaks coming from the show, constant rumours in the press and she finally snapped and just was honest. It spoke volumes on the programme the next day when Barbara spoke so badly of Star and threw her under the bus.

[@gregorycharles3431]

Babs showed her true colors of arrogance and a control freak.

[@leeho9897]

She knew they wasn’t playing fair behind the scenes. At the time someone from the show was leaking stories to the tabloids about her being “difficult to work with” and being a diva. She controlled the narrative surrounding her contract not being renewed and gagged them.

[@axon130]

"They weren't". Yikes dude.

[@jmelo9993]

Baby, Star shook the table this day!!!!

[@ryanolivercolbert921]

Yes she did!!!! 😂

[@filmer2197]

More like shook the studio

[@leeho9897]

Gagged them. Baby Barbara wanted to snatch her wig. 🤣

[@kingtryton]

She wanted to write her own narrative and that she did! 😂

[@TheSouthernMensch]

Did.

[@s.w.d4010]

Star had an entire network panicked!!! If you’re going out, you better go out with a bang!!! And Star went out with a BANG!

[@hmacklemore2226]

Not really... ABC fired her plastic ass 😂

[@calebhkelley]

Damn I wish I could’ve been a fly on the wall during this commercial break. Damn lol

[@shadowstarz3651]

Barbara: You're fired...now everyone pretend to be happy and like nothing's wrong!

[@rmcrae05]

In the View tell-all Ladies Who Punch it was said that Star avoided Barbara during commercial breaks and dipped for good when the show was over.

[@NB-ys1bg]

This was actually a great speech. She did a good job.

[@shadowstarz3651]

This is the most high quality version of this I've seen. Thanks for uploading this. The View was SO much better in those days.

[@toddanthony6664]

Doesn't it seem like such a simpler time?

[@naturelife3672]

Since Barbara Left I presence that life after that wasn’t gonna be the same now this day and age it’s now political and division I worry about our future

[@tomwiggz]

The way Barbara is looking at her 😭 she wanted to rip that new body apart stitch by stitch

[@leeho9897]

Barbara was pissed 😂😂

[@kirbykipling9515]

LMAO 😂

[@deedeegreen8338]

That new body 😂😂

[@salfordiandy4987]

Barbara was raging.

[@MichaelBCharlotte]

Barbara trashed her the next day. But Star made a dignified exit. She did the right thing.

[@SocialClout]

Love or loathe, this is the definition of fearless.

[@rodharper6112]

Barbara Walters and others at ABC wanted to keep it quiet. Star Jones announced her own departure which was right.

[@GilbertGTV]

No, it wasn’t. It was unprofessional and a blatant display of ego and narcissism

[@rodharper6112]

Doubtful narcissism came into this, highly doubtful actually. We will see it differently

[@rmcrae05]

​@@GilbertGTVThey fired her and wanted her to pretend it was her decision. I don’t blame her for refusing to play along.

[@Monfalin99]

That’s the way I left my first job at Burger King 😂

[@seanstoyroom7274]

That's the way I left my Call Center job 15 years ago before I enlisted.

[@martingardner9124]

I feel (like her) as though I was shoved out of my HyVee job of four years.

[@reggietjevans]

😂😂

[@12MedbeNetwork]

Walters had a death stare in this one

[@kingtryton]

The View is a entirely different show than what it was back then

[@rmcrae05]

It was much better back in the day.

[@michaeljj43]

barbara was pissed

[@Carousel5883]

But why?? Didn't she know already.something I'm missing

[@filmer2197]

This is better quality thanks for uploading this

[@Blumoon_vii]

Barbara is not a nice person she's a control freak .. what Star did is very brave and inspiring... you leave in the way you want to leave in your own terms ... don't allow them to throw you away

[@rmcrae05]

I remember watching this live and thinking Star would announce a pregnancy and being bummed to discover she wasn't coming back next season. I was looking forward to seeing her spar with Rosie, but this finale right here was epic.

[@devilsfavorite999]

From her gay husband? 😂

[@OneLoveRSR]

@@devilsfavorite999 That part! I was watching this live and thought she was announcing "after much prayer and counsel" that she was divorcing Big Gay Al. Egg on my face, that marriage went on for another 2 years.

[@TheHeat205Network]

Barba almost removed stars tongue buring the speach 😂

[@drewmac8924]

I think the part when Star was like saying something about controlling the future then look at Barbara. I would loved to see what happened during the break or the backstage talk lol

[@Worme95]

I’m going to have to read ladies who punch again

[@OkMaRcOs11]

2:15 woooaaahhh . yeah there was definitely a fight backstage after the show was over . i can see from both perspective why they would be offended and annoyed with one another . two strong women with big personalities

[@Handle2point0]

Thank you for uploading! They’re all appreciated.

[@neutralmode8127]

FUNNY TO WATCH KNOWING IT HAPPENED TO ALL 3 AT TABLE IN THEIR OWN TIME , WE ALL HEARD THE MIC AUDIO FROM ELIZABETH ROARING ABOUT BARBERA BEFORE SHE CAME BACK FROM BREAK LOL . STAR KNEW SHE NEEDED TO MAKE A GREAT TV MOMENT - AND SHE DID - WE ARE STILL WATCHING THIS TODAY AND MANY OTHER HOSTS HAVE COME AND GONE AND YOU WONT REMEMBER THEM

[@jamesdrummond5894]

The best gut punch from Star. Mike Tyson don’t have nothing on Star.

[@kingtryton]

She’s a lawyer!! 😂😂

[@justinspearman3288]

Poor Bill Getty probably off screen losing it lol😂

[@ncjuppiter9595]

Lmao I miss this era of pop culture so much

[@Dhirajchand86]

I like Star.

[@AndrewAmezcua]

Are you able to upload Meredith’s departure announcement and her full last episode back in June 2006 ?

[@theviewarchive]

I don't have either

[@AndrewAmezcua]

@@theviewarchive it's ok thank you

[@azizmustapha864]

@@theviewarchive Could you please upload the Season 20 premiere? I would love to see again the opening credit of all the 8 rotating cohosts.

[@martingardner9124]

Do you have Lisa’s departure announcement/last day and/or anything November 3-24, 2003? Or James Taylor’s appearance from 2002? Anything 2002-03?

[@gusgus2062]

The way Barbara was holding in how mad she is

[@meeeedee6821]

Barbra was so weird… You claim you wanted her to leave the way she wanted, then she did it in a respectful way… theeeennnn later you bring her back to say oh we didn’t renew your contract… she was an old weirdo…. Like why allow her to say whatever she wanted if you knew you wanted to control the situation anyway. Walters was the pure example of how the YT puppet masters get mad when they cant control everything.

[@PS-Archive.]

Do you have the full episode?

[@theviewarchive]

no

[@johnsjohnson448]

Barbara was p'd. LOL. Star was terrific on "The View." She became too much of Diva in her last two years on the show. However, her contributions were many.

[@spongebob03]

The way Barbara looked before and while holding Star's hand. Nothing genuine about it. 😂

[@GilbertGTV]

This is entirely prompted by ego. It’s like you breaking up with someone because even though you love them and still want to be with them, you believe they are gonna break up with you so you want to beat them to the punch. It’s ridiculous and cowardly.

[@SoGoodWeNamedIt]

Barb was NOT amused

[@filmer2197]

18 years ago today

[@filmer2197]

Does anyone remember what segment number star made her surprise announcement? And if stay through the show until it ended and left.

[@beauty4ashescontemporarysc802]

Barbara is so full of it….

[@PatrickJudian]

Can you post the entire episode???

[@theviewarchive]

don't have it

[@Falconer22]

Back then, watching The View was fun. Not anymore.

[@productionemployee8032]

2:29😂

[@victorkd9926]

5:51 the look on Barbara’s face

[@PhilAlumb]

Bye Star!!!! 👋😆

[@gregorycharles3431]

Babs showed her true colors and actions.

[@TheSouthernMensch]

Leave on your own terms!

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

Barbara was piss

[@darrellmoore5349]

Yea she was so pissed

[@keepkevinco]

Love that she did that!

[@Matthew-vp9rh]

Regardless, she still wasn’t going to be asked back for the next season

[@lenwelch2195]

Truth is she was fired, her contract expired and walters didn’t extend a contract . Barbara was pissed to the core because it looked like Walters was a bad guy. Star made her point and never succeeded again in show biz . Star ruined her career with this power move .

[@vswapsy]

Go Star~ tell the truth & shame the devvviilllll

[@LauraRoberts-ed9nj]

⭐✨⭐✨⭐❤I liked her.Class

[@Llancre]

Honestly, I don't understand why Barbara Walters bitched about that speech behind the closed doors and behind the scenes. It was lovely, very respectful and sincere.

[@ascent8487]

Sorry. Team Walters. There were reasons Jones wasn’t working and she had two days to go. She can do what she wants. It’s not my place to say otherwise but it foolish and disrespectful in my opinion. No one would know who this woman is if Walters hadn’t have put at this table.

[@scottietoohottie5273]

Barbara's angry 😠 lol anything except supportive as she desperately wants everyone to feel she's on board. Barbara was told that starr would announce another day

[@gaymoderate4403]

Their faces!!! lol