By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices
Though it's not the cover of 'Essence' nor 'Ebony' magazines, Star Jones Reynolds plans to finally reveal the whole truth about her dramatic weight loss in the Sept. issue of 'Glamour' magazine.
"I wrote an article because I really wanted to go as in-depth as possible about the way I've changed physically over the last 10 years on the air," the former co-host of ABC's 'The View' said on Sunday, during a Court TV press conference for the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour.
Reynolds, who drew ire from her critics when she described her whopping 100-pound-plus weight loss as a "medical intervention" said she has no qualms about viewing photos of herself when she was very super-sized.
"I actually like seeing the old pictures because what it says to me is, 'You never allow yourself to get there again,'" the 45-year-old member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. said. "It was dangerous to me. Very dangerous. I was killing myself."
"I thought that that would be the most effective way to answer everybody's questions," she explained about the feature, titled "Getting Over Myself."
Perfect timing considering that Court TV is going through its own metamorphosis: the network will be renamed truTV and move away from its traditional programming.
Kicking off the newness will be Reynold's eponymous talk show, titled 'Star Jones Show,' set to premiere Aug. 20. It's described by the network as a forum for criminal justice issues that intersect with the pop culture world.
On New Year's Day next year, the channel will be officially re-launched. Still offering court coverage for six hours a day, the Time Warner-owned network is also developing series on female bounty hunters in Miami, con artists and life-or-death rescues.


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By: Celeste on 7/31/2007 7:01AM
I think Star looks great! She lost all the weight and she is healthy. She does not have to tell how she lost the weight, the fact is that she lost it.
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By: Vivian Bennett on 7/31/2007 12:20AM
Star I think you good.People will talk about you fat or thin I lost a lot of weight my self But I went to weight watchers and still going good luck with your new show.God bless you &your family
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By: leonick on 7/31/2007 12:53AM
Star Jones you LOOK DAMN GOOD
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By: RaRa on 7/31/2007 3:03AM
Ms. Jones, you need to call up the Queen of Soul, and share your weight loss secret with her. Hurry, before she explodes and twinkies go flying everywhere, chile!!!!
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By: carol on 8/13/2007 5:21PM
I think Star is a very sexy, attractive, outgoing, educated women. Her weight loss or gain does not define who or what se is. I wish she would run for president of the United States.
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By: Mr. James B. Ond on 9/07/2007 6:20AM
''STAR''!
NO-MATTER WHAT SHE DOES or WHATEVR HER DOCTORS DO TO HER,..... SHE WILL ALWAYS BE A ''NIGGER''!
DAMN IT! GET A CLUE FROM MIKE JACKSON.
MOSTLY,.... I WONDER WHY ARE ''NIGGERS'' ALLOWED TO HAVE SPECIAL TREATMENTS: MISS BLACK AMERICA, NAACP,
THE NIGGER COLLEGE FUND ETC. IF or WHENEVER THE IDEA OF AN ALL WHITE ''THING'' COMES ALONG IT'S WRONG! WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT BULL-SHIT?
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