Payless Unties Star Jones
At this very moment I bet Star Jones is throwing some of her $14.99 shoes at her husband, Al.
The former View co-host has been canned as celebrity spokesperson for Payless shoes. Although I wish there was some major drama to tell you about, there really isn't -- her contract with the show company was up and they decided not to renew.
"Our alliance with Star Jones was, by contract, for three years from 2002-2004," the company said in a statement. "The celebrity alliance with Star Jones was successful and contractually ended on a positive note."
But her contract not being renewed just emphasizes the fact that diva Star doesn't have a lot of money rolling in these days. Her dramatic departure from the View -- and subsequent talk show tour fury -- most definitely scared off potential employers. And while Payless says that her contract merely expired, you can bet that if she wasn't on the D-list right now they would have renewed it.
Poor Star -- I don't know how she's going to be able to afford all the poster-size photos of herself that she displays in her house, her furs or those nips and tucks. Maybe we should take up a collection for her.