Julie Chen didn’t want to talk about her husband Les Moonves leaving his job running CBS amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment — so “The Talk” host skipped out on the CBS show’s season premiere! Just minutes before the show started, Julie announced: “I am taking a few days off from ‘The Talk’ to be with my family. I will be back soon, and will see you Thursday night on ‘Big Brother.’” The announcement didn’t come as a surprise, though. CBS announced that Les Moonves was leaving the network on Dec. 9, just one day before “The Talk” returned for a new season. And in the hours right after the announcement, Julie was blasted on social media by people accusing her of helping to cover up her husband’s alleged sex attacks — with “Talk” host Sheryl Underwood calling the Moonves accusations “a blessing from God to be unburdened from secrets,” while controversial comedian Kathy Griffin went online with a caustic rant!
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Griffin had previously supported Moonves' wife, saying: "I hate when women are blamed for their husband's misconduct." But then Kathy went to social media to announce that she'd changed her mind after new reports that Moonves had tried to ruin
Janet Jackson's career after
the notorious 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" — saying: "F--k you and your misogynistic husband!"
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Some insiders were still surprised to see Julie rushing back to her hosting duties on the CBS primetime reality show — after "Big Brother" had helped to expose
Julie's secret relationship with her already-married boss back in 2003. Network insiders took notice when Moonves defended Julie after bad reviews in the summer of 2000, saying: "Julie Chen has had a very, very difficult job."
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Nancy Moonves, who was married to Les at the time, took notice, too — and later said that Julie was the reason she slapped her husband with divorce papers in 2003. And despite frequent denials by CBS publicists that Moonves and Julie were in a secret relationship, the couple finally had to go public, and were married on Dec. 23, 2004.
Griffin had previously supported Moonves' wife, saying: "I hate when women are blamed for their husband's misconduct." But then Kathy went to social media to announce that she'd changed her mind after new reports that Moonves had tried to ruin
Janet Jackson's career after
the notorious 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" — saying: "F--k you and your misogynistic husband!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
Some insiders were still surprised to see Julie rushing back to her hosting duties on the CBS primetime reality show — after "Big Brother" had helped to expose
Julie's secret relationship with her already-married boss back in 2003. Network insiders took notice when Moonves defended Julie after bad reviews in the summer of 2000, saying: "Julie Chen has had a very, very difficult job."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Nancy Moonves, who was married to Les at the time, took notice, too — and later said that Julie was the reason she slapped her husband with divorce papers in 2003. And despite frequent denials by CBS publicists that Moonves and Julie were in a secret relationship, the couple finally had to go public, and were married on Dec. 23, 2004.
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