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HERE IS
THE END RESULT OF 2 1/2 YEARS OF
A LOT OF WORK.
>> Larry: YOU CAN HELP THEM
ATTAIN IT.
>> NOT REALLY, IN ALL HONESTY.
BECAUSE UNTIL YOU TAKE CONTROL
OF YOUR OWN HEALTH AND GO TO
YOUR OWN DOCTOR AND HAVE YOUR
OWN DOCTOR TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING
TO WORK FOR YOU, I FOUND THAT
NOTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE SAID
TO ME WOULD WORK.
>>> MORE ON ALL THE VERBAL JABS
FLYING ON "THE VIEW."
>> IT GRETS AUGUSTLYER AS JONES
BLAMES WALTERS, WALTERS BLAMES
ABC.
>> AND THE WAR OF WORDS HEATING
UP BETWEEN STARR JONES ROY NOMDS
AND ABC'S BARBARA WALTERS.
>> THOSE OTHER SURPRISES THAT
WALTERS MENTIONED.
AN INTERVIEW WAS POSTED ON THE
WEB BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN OFF THE
AIR TUESDAY.
>> WE'VE BEEN HEARING STARR
JONES REYNOLDS' SIDE.
ABC NETWORK SENT US A WRITTEN
VERSION OF THEIR SIDE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE POINTS.
WE'LL HAVE STAR RESPOND.
THE ABC NETWORK INFORMED BRAR
FROM AND BILL GEDDIE IN NOVEMBER
OF 2005 THAT STAR'S CONTRACT WAS
NOT BEING RENEWED.
THE NETWORK FIRED STAR AND GAVE
ORDERS TO BARBARA.
BARBARA RESISTED.
BARBARA CONCURRED WITH THIS, BY
THE WAY.
ABC CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE FOCUS
GROUPS THAT STAR LOST
CREDIBILITY AND WAS DAMAGING THE
SHOW.
HER WEDDING FREEBIES HAD A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SHOW.
STAR SOLD HER WEDDING PICTURES
TO "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE AND "THE
VIEW "QOE COULD NOT PUT THOSE
PICTURES ON HER SHOW.
SHE HAD A DRAMATIC WEIGHT LOSS
AND WAS NOT FORTHRIGHT WITH HER
AUDIENCE FURTHER DAMAGING HER
CREDIBILITY.
IS THAT TRUE, IT WAS NOVEMBERSH
AND NOT APRIL?
>> NO.
>> Larry: YOU WERE NOT TOLD?
>> NO, THIS IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT.
I REMEMBER WAKING UP ONE
NOVEMBER MORNING BILL GEDDIE HAS
ALWAYS COMPLIMENTED ME ON MY
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
OPENING THE NEWSPAPERS AND THERE
WAS A BLURB IN THERE THAT THEY
WERE LOOKING TO REPLACE ME.
THERE WAS A LEAK SM SWR.
AND I WENT IN AND I LOOKED BILL
IN THE FACE.
AND I SAID, BILL, IS ABC LOOKING
TO REPLACE ME?
IS MY JOB IN JEOPARDY?
ONE, I THOUGHT IF THAT'S TRUE, I
NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF
THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO.
BUT, TWO, WITH SUCH A
LONGSTANDINGRELATIONONSHIP, I
SHOULD GET MY DUCKS IN ORDER IF
THAT WERE TRUE.
AND HE SAID TO ME, I'VE HEARD
NOTHING OF THE SORT AND THAT WAS
NOT TRUE.
LOOKED BILL
IN THE FACE.
AND I SAID, BILL, IS ABC LOOKING
TO REPLACE ME?
IS MY JOB IN JEOPARDY?
ONE, I THOUGHT IF THAT'S TRUE, I
NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF
THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO.
BUT, TWO, WITH SUCH A
LONGSTANDINGRELATIONONSHIP, I
SHOULD GET MY DUCKS IN ORDER IF
THAT WERE TRUE.
AND HE SAID TO ME, I'VE HEARD
NOTHING OF THE SORT AND THAT WAS
NOT TRUE.
AND I BELIEVED HIM.
THAT WAS NOVEMBER.
I NEVER HEARD ANOTHER WORD ABOUT
MY JOB BEING IN JEOPARDY UNTIL
APRIL 21st.
THAT IS A FACTUAL STATEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH
ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE FACTS.
>> Larry: BARBARA TOLD HIM IN
NOVEMBER, LET'S NOT DO IT, IT'S
TOO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS.
SHE SAID THEY TOLD HER AND YOU
HAD A BOOK COMING OUT AND SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO DAMAGE THE BOOK,
ET CETERA.
YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
LARRY, I DON'T EVEN THINK
BARBARA CLAIMS THAT SHE TOLD ME
THAT OR THAT BILL CLAIMS.
>> Larry: BARBARA TOLD ME SHE
WAS TOLD BY ABC IN NOVEMBER.
>> BUT NO ONE TOLD ME.
I WAS TOLD IN APRIL.
AND THEN FOR TWO MONTHS I WAS
TOLD YOU CAN LEAVE ON YOUR OWN
TERMS.
AND I DECIDED TO TELL THE TRUTH.
NOW, I WAS TOLD YOU CAN LEAVE ON
YOUR OWN TERMS.
ACTUALLY THEY SAID YOU CAN MAKE
UP A STORY.
AND YOU KNOW, THE AUDIENCE
DIDN'T DESERVE ME MAKING UP A
STORY.
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
>> Larry: WHAT ABOUT SELLING THE
FREEBIES?
GETTING FREE BUSINESS AND
SELLING PICTURES?
>> THAT'S VERY INTEREST THAT
PEOPLE SAY THAT OR THAT ABC
ACTUALLY SAID THAT.
>> Larry: THAT'S WHAT ABC SAID
TO US.
>> I DID NOT SELL THE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY WEDDING TO
"PEOPLE" MAGAZINE OR ANYONE
ELSE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I OWN ALL
OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THE ONLY PERSON WHO GOT PAID WAS
THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR REGULAR
EDITORIAL RATE.
AND THIS IS A TIME WARNER
COMPANY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK THE PEOPLE
EXECUTIVES.
THEY DID NOT PAY FOR THE RIGHTS
OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS.
>> Larry: ANY PICTURES THEY RAN
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR
THEM?
>> NO, THE PHOTOGRAPHER GOT A
NORMAL EDITORIAL RIGHT AND I
DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY.
>> Larry: DID YOU GET THEM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT I USED
MY CELEBRITY AS IT RELATED TO
MAKING THOSE WEDDING PLANS.
THERE'S ALSO NO QUESTION THAT
THIS WAS --.
>> Larry: IT WASN'T --
>> 100% ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO EXPLAIN THIS.
BUT SINCE THE NETWORK DECIDED
THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT, I
WILL.
THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NETWORK AND ME AS TO WHAT
SEGMENTS I WOULD DO ON "THE
VIEW."
AND THEY INSISTED THAT THEY
WOULD MAKE THE PHONE CALLS ON MY
BEHALF.
>> Larry: TO GET --
>> IN EXCHANGE FOR USING SERT
PEOPLE ON THE AIR, ET CETERA, ET
CETERA.
BUT I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BECAUSE
THAT'S A VIOLATION.
NOW, I'M A LAWYER.
REMEMBER, I KNOW HOW TO NOT
VIOLATE THE LAW.
>> Larry: SO THERE WAS NO
EXCHANGE OF GIFTS, NO QUID PRO
QUO?
>> WHERE I WOULD SAY, OH, I'M
GOING TO GET THIS CUP AS LONG AS
I TALK ABOUT IT ON "THE VIEW"?
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> Larry: WHERE DID THAT COME
FROM?
>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I HAD MY
OWN RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF "THE
VIEW" THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH MY PERFORMANCE ON THE SHOW.
AND, YES, STAR 100% CONFESSES
USED MY CELEBRITY 100% AND IF
YOU ASK ME WAS THAT A MISTAKE?
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU YES.
IF YOU ASK ME IF SOME OF MY
VIEWERS WERE TURNED OFF BY IT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU YES.
AND IF YOU ASK ME WOULD I HAVE
DONE IT THE SAME WAY AGAIN?
I WOULD SAY NO.
100%.
AND I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT
WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS,
THEN EITHER PEOPLE ACCEPT IT OR
THEY DON'T.
AND LARRY, THE RATINGS SADLY TO
TELL YOU, WERE THE BEST RATINGS
THAT "THE VIEW" HAS EVER GOTTEN.
IN 2004, OF THE TOP TEN SHOWS
HALF OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH THE
PLANNING OF MY WEDDING.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE
BEEN PROVIDED.
>> Larry: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH STARR JONES REYNOLDS.
DON'T GO AWAY.
>> I'M GOING TO BECOME MRS. AL
REYNOLDS ON NOVEMBER 13, 2001.
>> I'M BUSY!
>> NO EXTRA PEOPLE.
DO YOU SEE ON THE INVITATION --
IT SAYS --
>> THAT'S MY SON.
>> I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS.
IT SAYS PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CAN
ONLY ACCOMMODATE THE GUEST OR
GUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SPECIFICALLY INVITED.