Star Jones
Star Jones
Starlet Marie "Star" Jonesis an American lawyer, journalist, writer, television personality, fashion designer, and women's and diversity advocate. She is most well known as one of the original hosts of the ABC weekday morning talk show The View, on which she appeared from 1997 to 2006. She was also one of sixteen contestants of the fourth installment of Celebrity Apprentice, coming in fifth place...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth24 March 1962
CityBadin, NC
CountryUnited States of America
One day I actually took the list into the bathroom and I put it up against my face and looked in the mirror and I realized I had one of two choices, change the list or change myself.
I was in the middle of a crossroads, which is a nice way of saying crisis, physically, emotionally and spiritually. You know the physical part. We just talked about it.
I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food.
I had started losing weight. I mean he didn't know anything about the journey that I was on at that point obviously but from my highest weight of just over 300 pounds I lost about 45 pounds.
Sometimes when, you know, God tries to correct you in private and if you don't catch it he'll correct you in public.
I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't.
I felt good full figured. Morbidly obese I was unhealthy and dying.
This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.
Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences.
I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.
No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.
You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters.
I want the big drama. I always said I don't want a wedding I want a parade.
I'm not ashamed that I need glasses for distance. I did not feel like I needed to have all of that hair, which was typical Star Jones, or the extra lashes or the heavy makeup.