Star Jones Slams Barbara Walters As An "Adulterer" In The "Sunset Of Her Life;" Barbara "Will Not Dignify" Comment With Response

Update: Barbara's rep has responded to Star's war of words, telling UsMagazine.com, ""I will not dignify this with a comment. Barbara's written words say it all!"

Original Post: In her new book, Audition, Barbara Walters opens up about Star Jones, saying she lied to protect Star's secret about her gastric bypass and that Star became a bridezilla as her wedding to Al Reynolds approached.

"She was clinically obese," Barbara said of Star on Oprah yesterday (video below). "She could barely walk onto the set." But when Star chose to keep her gastric bypass operation secret, Barbara claimed "The View" co-hosts "had to then lie on the set everyday, because she said it was portion control and pilates."

Barbara also claimed that Star "wanted the biggest extravaganza wedding — she wanted to be a princess" and that she wanted to promote her wedding to get things paid for.

Today, in an exclusive statement to UsMagazine.com, Star Jones is hitting back, slamming Barbara as an adulteress in the "sunset of her life." Her full statement:

It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book," Jones told Us. "It speaks to her true character."

Watch Barbara discuss Star on Oprah yesterday:

From ABC, 5/6

In the book, Barbara also comes out publicly for the first time about her 1970s affair with married Senator Edward Brooke.

Comments

[Rosanneofpgh]

I wonder if those two "ladies" were ever taught that discretion is a good thing.

Shame on bw for resurrecting an old affair and embarrassing her former lover and shame on sj, the ugly cougar, for her affair with a much younger MARRIED man. I liked her better when she had some flesh on her. she looks serioiusly ill. And if she thought that nobody had figured out her gastric bypass, she is just plain stupid.

The only one on the view with any class at all is Joy Behar. The rest of them are tasteless, talentless and vulgar!

[RexPrimoris]

It's truly amazing that people are actually concerned with these egotistical, self-aggrandizing crones and their inane and infantile prattle.

[Testtubebaby]

Yet you're here.

[ZimboChick]

lol i always marvel at people who make such comments. If u were not interested you wouldnt be here partaking in this very august discussion lol. I have a friend like that. She claims NEVER to watch TV until the conversation gets really juicy and she chimes in...light­en up we all have ego issues

[timregler]

I wish someone would ask Ms. Walters if she has been in touch with Senator Brooke's family to ask how they feel about Barbra making these revelations in her book. She owes them an apology at the very least, but I doubt she has the decency to make such a gesture. But hey, at least she got a nice advance from her publisher, so what's a few casualties along the way?

[rzan]

She evidently did talk to Senator Brooke himself to tell him she was going to talk about it. He is now 88 years old, I believe.

[biglover]

Come on girls. Everyone makes mistakes. Barbara didn't kill anybody and Star Jones has nerve to talk. She married a gay man out of desperation and now she is offended. Give me a break

Let thee who is without sin cast the first stone (or something like that)

[auramac]

Let Rosie settle it. Star Jones should not throw stones from where she's at.

[jewel4Obama]

I think the end of the world is coming because I actually agree with Star Jones.

Lord help us.....

[muliebrity]

That is exactly what I was thinking!!!

[Alvin4NY]

triple it up...

[Jeffin90019]

I'm sorry, but who is Star Jones and why should we care anything about her?

[filo]

Girls Girls Calm down Have something to drink.

How about a nice saucer of milk?

[readreza]

your mysogyny is showing

[gonavy]

Star Jones gradusted from Law school, so I must assume she has some intelligence. Does she actually think ANYTHING she says now will make her look better in the public eye?

Star, Barbara just clarified things we already heard about or thought to ourselves. She did her best to not make you sound like a monster, but there's only so much one woman can do. You have some serious issues to workout. Please go back to being a private citizen.

[ylpatriot]

Hmmm .... Baba says she lied about start and she lied about Rosie, for the good of the cause.....­..HMMMMMMM­M I am thinking ....Maybe Baba is a liar ...... and we wont embellish that statement anymore ofther than to say a liar is a liar ???????

[jean22]

I think Barbara is the real monster here. How selfish of her to expose his family like that to sell a book. She should be ashamed.

[pithymaxim]

Maybe Ms. Walters has a profit-sharing arrangement with the former Senator.

[gonavy]

I was referring to Barbaras comments about Star. Which are the only reason Star commented about Barbaras affair.

I agree with you though, it was tasteless and shameful

[rzan]

Star Jones was on Celebrity Jeopardy once and could not answer one question regarding the law. She lost.

[txgal44]

I always believed that Walter's was a snake who sold her soul and her family for her career. I have nothing against powerful and successful women but something tells me, she did it in a way that was not honorable. This has nothing to do with her affair. I'm sure Walter's had many. She just brought this one up because of her book and the fact that he was black added a little something extra to it. I for one will not be reading her book.

[NicoleAnonymous]

So you have "nothing against" powerful and successful women yet you assume the only reason BW is a powerful and successful woman is because she did it in a way "that wasn't honorable" yet you don't offer any proof - you just "have this feeling" about it. Do you also feel that way about all the ambitious career driven men who have become successful in news or is it just her?

[SUSZANNE56]

There are some things people need to take to the grave with them and the affair BW had with a married man is one of them. Her rise in the news world filled with old angry white men should have been enough to sell her book. She was considered a trailblazer by many and probably helped open doors for the women we see today. To write about a 30 year old affair and go around promoting this trashy book is a slap in the face to his ex- wife and children (if there are children). Someone should smash a pie in her face.

[luckyoldson]

I don't know if many here know this, but Star actually tried to swallow Barb once.

It's true.

[NicoleAnonymous]

Can someone just get both these women to shut up already?

And nobody cares about that she had an affair with a married man many years ago but she obviously wants attention/publicity for her new book. Between this and James Frey saying the worse thing about being caught lying is that he was "traumatized" that his child might not get into an elite pre-school in NYC I'm beginning to think NOBODY wrtites books anymore except narcissists with an entitlement complex. I miss the days when people actually kept some things in thier life private.

[bryand1]

That guy's marriage was dead before Barbra and they divorced shortly after. Get over it, you judgement queens. Walters has accomplished far more than Star Jones can even dream of...

Star Jones however, is one of those gals so miserable inside, so desperate to be famous, she'll do and say anything to get ahead. She's truly a wanna be who got a big break once...pea­ce is what she needs.

Star also has a history now of lying to the View and to the audience. It's well documented. Sad woman.

[Scoop511]

Barbara Walters is like Grandma Hilton and the sad thing is I think she revels in the role. She sold out her pioneering journalist legacy for a sleazy, too easy, hint of a scandal 15 minutes in the limelight.