I'm with Sparkle on this one. I'm not a HUGE Star Jones fan, but I liked her. I thought she gave some opinions that I agreed with. The person I don't really care for on the show is Joy Behar. She is annoying and inappropriate at times. I loved Meredith, she kept everyone together. I'm not a Rosie fan. She right in line with Joy.
As for Star, I do believe she was pushed out. Barbara Walters knew her and Rosie didn't get along and she hired Rosie anyway. Star didn't have much of a choice but to leave. So that's unfortunate for her.
Now my choices for her replacement since I must. It has to be a black woman of course. A lot of people said Gayle King, but I'm not knocking at that door. I liked when Tisha Campbell cohosted, but she's probably not going to want to move to NYC. So I'm not really sure who else would want the position. Maybe they'll do a search like when they found Elizabeth.