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Yes, she looks freakish since losing all that weight, but the ugliness I'm talking about is her character. Star Jones is taking her sob story to the media and, in doing so, making a complete ass of herself. Earlier this year, Star learned that The View would not be renewing her contract. According to co-host/producer Barbara Walters, it was because audience polling showed that people don't like Star since her suspiciously dramatic weight loss and her everything-is-for-sale wedding to Al Reynolds. Last night, Star told Larry King that The View producers told her to make up a story about why she was leaving. Why would they say something like that? How about because they wanted to spare her the embarrassment of being booted off the show because she's unlikable? That's what happens in television. Just look at your local news station. Anchors get hired and fired all the time based on audience polls. It seems like Star is on this media blitz because her pride is hurt, not because of any benefit to her dwindling fans. Star's behavior this week exemplifies why audiences don't like her: she's selfish and she has no dignity.