The View E! True Hollywood Story
by Winnie McCarthy
Want to know what really happened behind the scenes at The View over the past ten years? There may be some answers forthcoming in the new E! True Hollywood Story about The View. The episode will debut this Saturday, September 8th at 5:00 p.m. eastern time.
From the original five to the new Rosie-centric era, THS goes behind the scenes and gets down to the dirty business of chatter with the ladies from The View.
For more information and other times that the episode will air, visit E! Online.
The View, E! True Hollywood Story, THS, Star Jones, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Meredith Viera, Rosie O’Donnell, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Lisa Ling
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September 5th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
That is so awesome! I can’t wait! Thanks for the heads up
September 5th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Me too. Thanks, Winnie.
E: THS used to be a warts-and-all type of show, but hasn’t it gotten very tame the past few years? Does anyone know? Can’t remember the last one I saw.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Did anyone watch this? I did. The old footage was very entertaining, especially of Joy, so I recommend catching it in reruns if you have time. There were some glaring omissions, though:
–Debi M.’s departure was not really gone into and was treated like a mystery. I remember at the time it was reported that they let her go because of her ignorance about current events; she was said to not be able to contribute much to discussions. But in the THS it just said she pissed off Babs when she chose to celebrate her birthday at Hooters rather than go to LeCirque with Babs. It said she was in the tabloids too much and the show wanted to think of itself as more of a New York Times kind of show.
–Nothing was said about the constant rumors about Star’s husband being gay, and how that contributed to her lack of credibility with viewers (along with her bridezilla-ness).
–Nothing was said about Meredith’s controversial tenure and departure from 60 Minutes. I recall that she was supposed to have been booted off because she wanted to work part time after becoming a mother, and Don Hewitt wasn’t having any of that. Also, I remember she was crucified in the press for having gained too much baby weight and or not taking it off quickly enough for their (60 Minutes’) liking. For a while she did TV commercials for some product like a Slim Fast or somthing similar.
–EH was given a free pass. None of the controversial comments from the recent New York Post article about her, quoting her former Survivor castmates, was mentioned.
–Rosie was portrayed as having been a casting mistake from the get-go. They even said that during her final show, in the epic showdown with EH, it was Rosie herself who wanted to not cut to commercial.
Interestingly, they only mentioned Bill Geddie briefly and didn’t talk about his role and influence. They interviewed a bizarre hairstylist who worked on the show when Debi was on it. He was very melodramatic. Most of the other people who were interviewed were entertainment “journalists”–you know, where they talk about the show and the cast as if they know for certain what was said and what the reasons were for various things that happened. I hate that. These people are just speculating and repeating what they’ve been told, but they present it like they were there on the scene. It’s very irritating to have a show made up of those types of interviews.