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STAR JONES TALKS ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS ON OPRAH APOLOGIZES TO VIEW CO-HOSTS

Star Jones Talks Weight Loss With Oprah

Star Jones appeared on Oprah to talk about her weight loss. Star confessed that she chose to have gastric bypass surgery because she was told by doctors that she would have died. Poor Star. The former View co-host also apologized to her View cast members who she asked to keep her surgery secret. Barbara Walters accepted the apology while Joy Behar was still angry that they had to tell everyone Star Jones was doing pilates to get in shape.  We're glad that Star is healthy. Happy Birthday Star!

Star Jones on OPRAH - THE VIEW co-hosts comment

Star Jones -- whose rapid weight loss played into her rocky exit from "The View" in 2006 -- denies she took an easy way out having gastric bypass surgery and without the changes, Jones was told she would have died.

"I'm still 300 pounds in my head some days," Jones told Oprah Winfrey in a taped episode airing Wednesday.

Jones admitted she was scared to disappoint people and ashamed that she wasn't able to control her weight.

"... I was an addict for all practical purposes, that I had never stuck to a real diet, that I'd never stuck to a real exercise program, and that when confronted by my doctor and the doctor said if you don't make changes, you will die. I had no choice." Jones said. "When you hear people say, oh, you took the easy way out, I would have longed for an easy way. It was not an easy way. It was this -- the hardest struggle of my whole entire life and I still struggle."

Jones responded to remarks by former co-host Barbara Walters that after the surgery, the show's audience couldn't relate to Jones anymore.

"I was hurt and upset initially," Jones said. "I'm so sorry that I placed a burden on my colleagues. I never asked them to lie."

Jones' appearance is part of a show on losing weight in the public eye. Valerie Bertinelli and Marie Osmond will also appear on Wednesday's show. [SUN TIMES]

STAR JONES HAS A NEW MAN SPOTTED KISSING & DATING CHEF HERB WILSON

Star Jones seems on the mend after her messy divorce from pretty boy Al Reynolds. Star was caught smooching with her new boo at the U.S. Open Tennis Match. Star Jones' new man Executive Chef Herb Wilson is a great catch.

Life & Style can exclusively reveal the ID of Star's new man - Chef Herb Wilson - who was spotted locking lips with Star at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 2.

So who's the guy? "Herb is a renowned executive chef at the Soho Grand and the Tribeca Grand hotels in NYC," a source tells Life & Style. "He's the antithesis of Al! He's successful, intelligent, and doesn't want to be in the public eye." And lucky for Star, Herb once described himself as the most eligible bachelor in New York restaurants. He's a catch!

The source adds that the couple have been long-term friends but just started dating.

"It's early but it's obviously they really like each other!"

Star's reps had no comment. source

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AL REYNOLDS HALF NAKED UNDERWEAR AD IS A FAKE | AL QUIT STAR JONES A LONG TIME AGO

PHOTO SPOTTED @ ONTD

A new underwear ad photo showing Star Jones' ex- hubby Al" touching himself has been making the rounds on the internet. The company claims the pic is a fake and Al is not a representative for the brand. According to the New York Post Al Reynolds is not a spokesperson for Under Armour, nor is there any business relationship of any kind between the Under Armour brand and Al Reynolds," Tai Foster, a rep for the company, emphatically declared. There are also rumors that Al checked out of his relationship with Star Jones a long time ago.

Star Jones may have just filed for divorce, but soon-to-be-ex Al Reynolds checked out of his marriage nearly a year ago, according to friends of his.

The beginning of the end was reportedly last summer in Saint-Tropez, where the couple loudly fought on the beach over Star being Al's sugar mama. One friend recounted an incident where Al refused to pay for beach chairs, demanding that Star fork over the cash.

"She paid for everything. He never even took out his wallet," the pal snitched.

For the past year, the pair have been living separately, because of Al's job as a professor of social science at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens (they actually do give degrees; we checked). But Reynolds hasn't exactly been missing his wife's company.

"When he is in Miami, he's always on the beach or at the pool at the Delano," a pal in South Beach tells us. Reynolds reportedly works on his tan all day, then parties hard at night. "He hits Mansion, Privé, Mokai and the Florida Room at the Delano four nights a week."

And he isn't alone.

"Al always has a posse of hot young dudes and scantily clad women with him," our spy says. "He brings strippers back from Gold Rush strip bar to the Delano and dirty dances all night long."

Ewwwwwww is pretty much all we can say. source

STAR JONES WILL SMACK A BITCH UP | AL REYNOLDS TV INTERVIEW

Star Jones had some fun this week hanging out at the Cannes Film Festival. Our quote of the week comes from former View co-host Star Jones who is going through a divorce while having a public feud with Barbara Walters. Star Jones told one of the full figured cast members to cool down. She gave the following  advice while hosting a reunion show for Season Two of the Bad Girls Club. Star Jones said on the show. "IF I PUNCHED EVERY BITCH WHO CALLED ME FAT. IT'D BE DEAD BITCHES UP AND DOWN THE HIGHWAY."  We didn't know Star Jones could get ghetto like that and not take herself so seriously. LOL. Watch a preview of the episode below.

The Bad Girls Club – Season Two Reunion Hosted by Star Jones.  Watch the reunion of The Bad Girls Club on Tuesday, May 20th, at 9:30/8:30C, only on Oxygen!

AL REYNOLDS TELEVISION INTERVIEW

The Daily News is reporting that Star Jones' soon to be ex-husband Al Reynolds is shopping a deal to spill the beans about his marriage to Star. We wonder if Al is trying to set up an interview with Star's sparrIng partner Barbara Walters?  Al definitely has alot to say be cause he posted a mini rant on his myspace blog.  If Al does cash in and tell all to Barbara then we definitely smell a CATFIGHT!

Al angles for a TV Reynolds rap

In our weekly Al Reynolds update: With his sugar-mama Star Jones out of the picture, Reynolds is shopping his first television interview to the highest bidder.

"He has got to make a buck somehow," one television producer told us. "He's been looking for a six-figure deal for an interview where he dishes about being married to Star."

We hear that some shows are interested in a chat, but only if he is really willing to part with some dirt. No one wants to pay for it, though. source

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AL REYNOLDS TALKS ABOUT DIVORCE SEPARATION SAYS I'M NOT GAY I MARRIED STAR JONES FOR LOVE

Star Jones' soon to be ex-husband is putting everyone on blast via his myspace page. He says that he married Star Jones for love and he's mad at the blogs and media for saying nasty things about him and going after his 79 year-old mother.  Many gossip bloggers question Al Reynolds' sexuality and often refer to him as "Gay Al" or "Big Gay Al. source

Al Reynold's mom, Ada Reynolds, defended her son to In Touch Weekly. Al may just be masking his pain. “He is so hurt and so sad,” his mom, Ada Reynolds, tells In Touch exclusively. “He did not want this divorce at all. He wanted to stay married. I think Star wanted the divorce, not Al.”

He posted the following bulletin for everyone to read.

Dear Friends: If you think you are having a tough day, may I propose you walk in my shoes for a few hours. In my mind, it feels like “Dump on Al Month.” And I’m not having fun yet. I have been called a gigolo, a freeloader, unemployed, a sham and many other things that don’t bear repeating. People on television, radio and the internet have spoken disparagingly of my life, my sexuality, my career and my integrity. The media has barraged me (at my home), my friends, my family(including my 79 year old mother), my college classmates, my students and my professional colleagues. Yet, despite this intense level of provocation, I have said nothing. My Publicist has put out a one sentence statement: “We’re taking the high road.” And we have and will continue on that path. As much as I want to defend myself, it seems like a silly and futile exercise. It’s clear that the media doesn’t want to let the truth get in the way of a good story. I hate to ruin their fun. I take great comfort in the fact that my loved ones and those people who really know me continue to love and respect me. Thank you “all” for the endless emails, phone calls and words of encouragement. I know in my heart that I entered my marriage with love and the best of intentions and leave it with great sadness that it didn’t work. What the world doesn’t know about me would fill a book, but I know who I am and what I have achieved in my life. Before I met Star Jones I was a successful Wall Street banker and since then I have become an entrepreneur, an educator and soon, an author. I grew up in a working class home, a mobile home in fact. I understand the struggles of the working class. My mother was a teacher and my father was in the military. I was given values, integrity and a strong moral upbringing (thanks mom and dad). In these hard economic times, I am working to take my knowledge and experience of the business world and use it to empower and enlighten working class Americans who are often ‘left behind’ by traditional financial advice. I educate inspiring young men and women at Florida Memorial University, a historically black liberal arts university in Miami, Florida. I continue to follow my entrepreneurial spirit in the world of business and investment while completing my doctorate in Organizational Leadership. So I indeed work very hard as a professor, business owner, doctoral student and author. I play hard too. I make no apologies for that. A guy is entitled to a little fun, after all. What I want people to know is that I am not the caricature portrayed by the media. I am complex, contradictory and capable of great intelligence but also remarkable stupidity. In other words, I am a human being. To me, labels are for clothes, not people. So…..Please don’t try to define me; don’t try to categorize me; and most of all, don’t label me. Instead, JUST GET TO KNOW ME. And if you see me, just call me Al.

STAR JONES DWAYNE WADE DENIES RELATIONSHIP SAYS THEY ARE JUST FRIENDS

Dwayne Wade was put on the spot while on Inside The NBA about the rumors of his relationship with Star Jones. Miami Heat player Dwayne Wade was forced to answer questions about his relationship with Star Jones after Charles Barkley called her a cougar. Star Jones is a fan of the hit HBO series Sex and the City. Forty-something Star Jones seems to be copying the forty-something character Samantha Jones  on Sex and the City. Samatha Jones has a reputation of hooking up with younger good looking twenty something men including her boyfriend actor/model Jerry Jerrod.  Star recently filed for divorce from her husband Al Reynolds. Click here to watch the video.

Sex In the City Episode

"Star is an unbelievable woman. We have a great, great relationship. As friends," Wade said Thursday of the state-of-play between him and the former View co-host.

"We're friends, just like a lot of celebrities.", he insisted during his guest spot alongside Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on the light-hearted TNT show Inside the NBA.

"Are y'all close friends? ... Are you the kind of friends that drink out of one cup with two straws?" Smith asked, referring to a much-discussed photo of Wade, 28, and Jones, 46, at a tennis match. "Those kind of friends?"

"We are friends. That's all," repeated Wade, who is married to his high school sweetheart. The couple have two sons. source

STAR JONES FILES FOR DIVORCE FROM AL REYNOLDS

Former View co-host Star Jones has filed for divorce from her husband Al Reynolds. Entertainment Tonight confirmed the rumors on their website with an official statement.

Listen Star Jones interview minister Juanita Bynum about her divorce.   There have been rumors that Star Jones is dating much younger NBA basketball player Dwayne Wade from the Miami Heat.

Entertainment Tonight breaks news that STAR JONES (46) has filed for divorce from husband of three-and-a-half years AL REYNOLDS (39). The filing took place on March 26 in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan. Starlet M. Jones versus Al S. Reynolds was marked as an "Uncontested Matrimonial" case by the court and the records were sealed.

In a statement released exclusively to Entertainment Tonight, the former "View" co-host says: "Several years ago I made an error in judgment by inviting the media into the most intimate area of my life. A month ago I filed for divorce. The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone's life that requires privacy with one's thoughts. I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman."

Yesterday, New York divorce attorney STANFORD LOTWIN (who represents Reynolds and worked on the high profile divorces of HOWARD STERN, DONALD TRUMP and DIANA ROSS) filed a notice of appearance with the courts. Upon learning of the filing, Entertainment Tonight producers discovered the original divorce decree.

Jones married Al Reynolds at Saint Bartholomew's Church in New York City on November 13, 2004. The wedding was an extravagant affair with 500 hundred guests, three matrons of honors, 12 bridesmaids and four flower girls. The lavish nuptials came under scrutiny when Star discussed her wedding's sponsors at length on her ABC show. source

STAR JONES TV SHOW CANCELED

TruTV has canceled Star Jones Renold's talk show after 6 months.  The last episode will air on Friday Feb.1st. (source)