In every article she says she owes it to the audience or she owes it to viewers, but she never says I owed it to my fans. lol
Ousted cast member Star Jones Reynolds said Thursday she was told she could "make up a story" about why she was leaving "The View" and her colleagues would have gone along with it.
The truth – that Reynolds’ ABC bosses didn’t want her back because her personal popularity was plummeting – might never have been known without the fight.
"They said you can make up a story," Reynolds said. "The audience didn’t deserve for me to make up a story. That’s not fair."
Longtime ABC newswoman Walters has confirmed the intended deception, but said it was done to protect Reynolds’ reputation and feelings.
ABC said it canned Reynolds immediately after Tuesday’s show because her announcement, and an interview with People magazine, took the network by surprise. Walters told The Associated Press that she felt betrayed and ABC said it couldn’t trust Reynolds to tell the truth if she remained on the air.
Reynolds said she was "having trouble reconciling" ABC’s statement with being told earlier that she could lie about her exit.
AP
and from Entertainment Tonight
Star revealed that she just wanted to be honest with viewers about the fact that her contract was not renewed for a tenth season: "I simply told what happened," which included her telling People magazine that she felt like she’d been fired.
