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Back in 2018 when Julie Chen Moonves left “The Talk,” she implied that it was all her decision. In an upcoming book, she claims it was actually opposite and says she was forced out, largely due to sexual misconduct allegations that centered around her husband, Les Moonves. In her new audiobook, “But First, God,” the “Big Brother” host said her faith kept her get through that period of her life in which she felt like she was “stabbed in the back.”
Keep reading to see how that moment transformed Julie from a “self-absorbed, career-minded” woman into the person she is today.
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While promoting her book on “Good Morning America,” Julie Chen Moonves said the decision to leave “The Talk,” which she’d moderated for nearly a decade, was made for her, not by her. “Yeah, I never revealed that until ‘But First, God.’ That was a hard time,” she said. “I felt stabbed in the back. I was, you know?”
At the time, over a dozen women had accused her husband, ViacomCBS CEO Les Moonves, of sexual misconduct. Les, who still denies the accusations, told The New Yorker back then that he recognized a few of the sexual encounters detailed in Ronan Farrow’s exposé but insisted that they were consensual.
At the time of the allegations, Julie said in statement: “Leslie is a good man and loving father, devoted husband and inspiring corporate leader. He has always been a kind, decent and moral human being. I fully support my husband and stand by him.”
Since then, she has “found God,” which helped her during that trying time. “I don’t know if I could’ve reconciled if I didn’t have God in my life,” she told GMA.
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Julie Chen Moonves seems disillusioned with the person she was before “The Talk” exit.
“Julie Chen before she found God was a self-absorbed, career-minded, vain, gossipy, fun to be with, but probably kind of a shallow person,” she said. “Julie Chen Moonves, who now knows the Lord, is someone who wants to help others, who wants to look at everyone with a soft heart.”
Although she never used her married name professionally, the “Big Brother” host began referring to herself as “Julie Chen Moonves” after her husband’s scandal.
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Julie Chen Moonves didn’t want to talk about her husband’s alleged sexual improprieties while on “Good Morning America.” While speaking to Juju Chang, Julie was asked if she spoke to her husband about the allegations.
“That’s not what we’re here to talk about, but of course, yeah. I know my husband. You know? I know my husband,” she said. In wanting to keep the conversation strictly about the audiobook, she said, “I think that’s getting off track from ‘But First, God.’ We all go through hard times in this world and in our life. Mine are not over just because I found Christ. I think we need to keep our focus on Him.”
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In Julie Chen Moonves’s book, she described speaking to her teenage son about the sexual misconduct allegations that his father was facing.
“I told him that there were reports that were false about our family, and that, I kept it simple,” she told “Good Morning America.” “I said, ‘So if you ever hear anything, or you read anything, you come to us first. You know this family. You know who we are. And don’t let anyone shake that.'”
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