In Defense of Star Jones

According to that bastion of celebrity reporting, The National Enquirer, Star Jones in under seige from her former employers at The View.

First, Star Jones' weight or lack of it should have NOTHING to do with her continued employment. Why should she have to admit to the world that she had gastric bypass surgery or anything else? The paper showed a great timeline of photos illustrating her weight loss over the last three years. I applaud her for her great success over the last three years. It seems as if she's working on attaining a healthy weight, whether she has had surgery or not. Gastric bypass surgery does not work for everyone. In fact, there is no magic bullet for weight control; those of us who have problems in this area are bombarded with all kinds of supposed solutions. The only REAL solution is to monitor the diet and exercise...all the time. This is difficult and unending. The public carrying on about Ms. Jones makes it all the more horrendous.

Second, I am no fan of The View because of their very public dissing of the wonderful Judi Dench. The spin on her un-invitation to their show was that she was too OLD...Shame on them. They should be so lucky that this highly talented woman would even WATCH their show.

Finally, even though women are too OLD or too FAT to be on the ridiculous show, apparently Rosie O'Donnell is okay. I don't get it. To ostracize some women and laud others is kind of ridiculous. I predict that most women who consider just these few cases will not spend one minute of their days watching this lame TV show.

That's why my TV has an off button...and I use it.

Good luck, Star. I hope that your career will recover from this carrying on. I think it will.