And now, a news story which refers to Star Jones as "corpulent"

[Fenris]

Star Jones Reynolds is worried that the public won't be able to tell the difference between her and drag queen Flotilla DeBarge.

After PAGE SIX revealed that PETA had hired DeBarge to parody the fur-loving Reynolds in a new ad campaign, the corpulent co-host of "The View" sicced her lawyers on the animal-rights organization.

In a humorless letter to PETA, Jones' lawyers wrote: "While the First Amendment . . . protects legitimate parody, does not sanction the misappropriation of a person's identity for purposes of trade or advertising . . . Thus, PETA does not have the right to use an impersonator . . . As you prepare your advertisements, we urge you to keep this distinction in mind."

But the lawyers are insulting Star, because their argument only makes sense if the public could actually mistake DeBarge for her. They seem to be saying their client resembles an overweight, 6-foot-tall drag queen. PETA, uncowed, had its own lawyers fire back. "The legal positions in your letter are without merit and it appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to coerce PETA into silence about support for the cruel fur industry," PETA's letter notes.

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ps/20050302/110976183102.html

I think all references to Star Jones' weight are unfair criticism. What she should be criticized for is her rather conceited nature and apparently large ego. As Jon Stewert so eloquently put it, she's a woman with "her head three feet up her own ass."

[DS1]

1. Flotilla DeBarge!!!!

That's F*CKING BRILLIANT! I'm gonna have to click on this at home and laugh before I explode :D

[flamingyouth]

2. ROFL

:7

[radwriter0555]

3. SHE HAD VISIBLE BACK FAT during her Red Carpet stint...

everytime she leaned to the right, that huge slab of fat popping over the back of her gown would get SQUEEEEZED into a gelatinous wedge and it really, really grossed me out.

Corpulent is quite accurate.

[WI_DEM]

4. Starr has been on a diet

and she does look like she is losing. More power to her.

[CanuckAmok]

5. I have heard that as an LA County Judge...

Jones was loathed and feared by everyone, due to her mood-swings, temper, and generally argumentative nature.