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Reynolds: ABC Said to 'Make Up a Story'

Jun 29, 11:01 PM (ET)


NEW YORK (AP) - 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 news that Reynolds wouldn't have her contract renewed for a 10th year on
the daytime talk show exploded this week into a bitter war of words
involving show creator Barbara Walters.

Reynolds, appearing Thursday on CNN's "Larry King Live," said she'd been
told in April that she wasn't coming back but kept it secret. She revealed
it on Tuesday's show, taking Walters and ABC by surprise with the timing.

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.




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