I hear that the longtime panelist on ABC’s daytime chatfest, "The View," has signed a lucrative deal with another television outlet and plans to announce her departure live on the air at the end of this month.
Yesterday, Jones Reynolds’ PR rep declined to comment, and a spokesman for "The View," where she’s been a regular since the show’s August 1997 launch, didn’t respond to several detailed messages.
In recent weeks, Jones Reynolds — who’s married to former money man Al Reynolds — has reportedly taken meetings with execs at CBS, Court TV and E! Entertainment, in addition to filling in for Larry King as a substitute host in April. Her contract is up in September.
A knowledgeable source said: "Star has been floating around the studio, and she’s on cloud nine now that she’s leaving. She’s been acting as though she doesn’t have a care in the world. That’s why she was so pleasant, even when Sandra Bernhard was trying to bait her for a confrontation on the show. She’s known for weeks she was leaving, and now that her deal is apparently done, she just doesn’t care what goes on with the show."
Lloyd Grove
Bet you a K-Fed penny she is going to CNN.
