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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Star Jones</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:StarJonesApr2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/StarJonesApr2011.jpg/220px-StarJonesApr2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/StarJonesApr2011.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="477" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Jones in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Starlet Marie Jones</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-03-24</span>) </span>March 24, 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Badin,_North_Carolina" title="Badin, North Carolina">Badin, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Star Jones Reynolds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Lawyer</li> <li>journalist</li> <li>talk show host</li> <li>writer</li> <li>women's advocate</li> <li>fashion designer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1991–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable credits</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_View_(talk_show)" title="The View (talk show)">The View</a></i> <small>(1997–2006)</small></li> <li><i>Star Jones</i> <small>(2007–2008)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divorce_Court" title="Divorce Court">Divorce Court</a></i> <small>(2022–present)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Al Reynolds</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="November 13, 2004">2004</span>; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2008)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Ricardo Lugo</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="March 25, 2018">2018</span>)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Starlet Marie Jones Lugo</b> (born March 24, 1962), better known as <b>Star Jones</b>, is an American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate. She is best known as one of the first co-hosts on the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> morning talk show <i><a href="/wiki/The_View_(talk_show)" title="The View (talk show)">The View</a></i>, which she appeared on for nine seasons from 1997–98 through 2005–06. She was also one of sixteen contestants of the <a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_season_11)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Apprentice (American season 11)">fourth installment of <i>The Celebrity Apprentice</i></a> in 2011, coming in fifth place.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She currently serves as the host of <a href="/wiki/Divorce_Court" title="Divorce Court">Divorce Court</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was born in <a href="/wiki/Badin,_North_Carolina" title="Badin, North Carolina">Badin, North Carolina</a>, and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>, with her mother, a human services administrator, and her stepfather, a municipal security chief.<sup id="cite_ref-PtonAward_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PtonAward-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones graduated from <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Notre Dame High School (New Jersey)">Notre Dame High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Lawrenceville,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrenceville, New Jersey">Lawrenceville, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PtonAward_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PtonAward-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She earned a B.A. degree in Administration of Justice at <a href="/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a>, where she was initiated into the Lambda Zeta chapter of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Alpha" title="Alpha Kappa Alpha">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a> sorority.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones earned a <a href="/wiki/Juris_doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris doctor">J.D.</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_Law_Center" title="University of Houston Law Center">University of Houston Law Center</a> in 1986, and was admitted to the New York state bar in 1987. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television_career">Television career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Television career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1986 to 1991, Jones was a prosecutor with the Kings County District Attorney's Office in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a>. In 1992, she was elevated to senior assistant district attorney. She was recruited by <a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">Court TV</a> in 1991 as a commentator for the <a href="/wiki/William_Kennedy_Smith" title="William Kennedy Smith">William Kennedy Smith</a> rape trial and spent several years as a legal <a href="/wiki/Correspondent" title="Correspondent">correspondent</a> for <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Nightly_News" title="NBC Nightly News">NBC Nightly News</a></i>. </p><p>In 1994, she was given her own <a href="/wiki/Court_show#List_of_originally_nontraditional_court_shows" title="Court show">court show</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jones_%26_Jury" title="Jones & Jury">Jones & Jury</a></i>, which mimicked the <a href="/wiki/Court_show#Arbitration-based_reality_court_show" title="Court show">arbitration-based reality</a> format of <i><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Court" title="The People's Court">The People's Court</a></i>, though with a blended talk show like set and style. Although the show was canceled after only one season, it made Jones the first <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">Black</a> person to serve as a court show judge. Though not the <a href="/wiki/Trial_by_Jury_(TV_series)" title="Trial by Jury (TV series)">first female to serve as a court show judge</a>, Jones is the first female to preside over the court show subcategory of arbitration-based reality programming, only <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wapner" title="Joseph Wapner">Joseph Wapner</a> preceding her.<sup id="cite_ref-Entertainment_Weekly_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entertainment_Weekly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-utexas1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-utexas1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones then became chief legal analyst on <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Edition" title="Inside Edition">Inside Edition</a></i>, where she led the coverage of the <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case" class="mw-redirect" title="O. J. Simpson murder case">O. J. Simpson murder case</a>. She was the only reporter to interview Simpson during his <a href="/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law)" title="Civil law (common law)">civil trial</a>, which she covered for <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal" title="American Journal">American Journal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_View"><i>The View</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The View"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997, Jones joined <i><a href="/wiki/The_View_(talk_show)" title="The View (talk show)">The View</a></i> as one of its original four co-hosts. Jones' nine-season tenure on <i>The View</i> was marked by controversy at times. Jones, who had been diagnosed as morbidly obese,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> began to undergo dramatic weight loss beginning in 2003. In a September 2007 essay in <i><a href="/wiki/Glamour_(magazine)" title="Glamour (magazine)">Glamour</a></i> magazine, she revealed that she had undergone <a href="/wiki/Gastric_bypass_surgery" title="Gastric bypass surgery">gastric bypass surgery</a> in August 2003, resulting in a loss of 160 pounds (73 kilograms) over three years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many criticized Jones for her initial dishonesty when she claimed she had lost weight via diet and exercise.<sup id="cite_ref-Fired_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fired-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Walters" title="Barbara Walters">Barbara Walters</a> told <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> in May 2008 that she had kept Jones' gastric bypass surgery a secret because Jones had asked her to, and that saying otherwise on the show had turned the audience off.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When she married investment banker Al Reynolds in 2004, Jones talked about her wedding plans on <i>The View</i> for months beforehand, including "plugs" (public mentions) for her suppliers, such as the wedding invitations, clothing, and airlines. It was later revealed that Jones had pushed product-placement in exchange for receiving those products and services for free.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ABC claimed that her excessive self-promotion alienated viewers. On April 21, 2006, ABC told Jones that it would not renew her contract for the following season.<sup id="cite_ref-Fired_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fired-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Privately, ABC, Barbara Walters, and Bill Geddie then told Jones she could go out on "her own terms". They collectively decided for Jones to announce her impending departure on June 29, but Jones announced it two days earlier following a commercial break. Jones said she would remain on the show through July.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones did not mention on air that her contract had not been renewed.<sup id="cite_ref-gloom_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gloom-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a></i>, Jones said she had been told in April that her contract would not be renewed. Jones said that the decision to leave was not her own, saying, "What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the 10th season... I feel like I was fired."<sup id="cite_ref-Fired_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fired-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the next day's program, Walters said that they had instructed Jones to publicly claim she was leaving voluntarily, but Jones decided to tell the truth about her leaving and surprised them with a public announcement of her involuntarily leaving the show.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walters said she had been "blindsided" by Jones' announcement on air the previous day.<sup id="cite_ref-gloom_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gloom-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walters announced that Jones would no longer appear on the show with the exception of previously recorded segments.<sup id="cite_ref-gloom_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gloom-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A few days later, Jones was interviewed on <i><a href="/wiki/Larry_King_Live" title="Larry King Live">Larry King Live</a></i>. When asked about her on-air statements about her wedding, Jones said that every mention of her wedding had been specifically approved and negotiated by the network and that nothing she said had been in violation of any policy. Despite ABC's claims that market research had shown her public approval rating had decreased, she said she had not caused a ratings drop, and she said that the show's ratings during the 2004–05 season were the highest <i>The View</i> had had in the nine years she was a co-host. </p><p>Brian Frons, ABC's president of daytime television, told <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> that Jones should have been fired long ago and that he should have encouraged Walters to fire her the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ABC said that viewers did not like Jones talking about her weight loss and her wedding preparations.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones' departure caused a rift between her and Walters that lasted nearly six years. In May 2008, in response to allegations in Barbara Walters's autobiography, <i>Audition</i>, Jones told <i><a href="/wiki/Us_Weekly" title="Us Weekly">Us Weekly</a></i>, "It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book. It speaks to her true character." Walters did not respond.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the series went into summer reruns, only programs in which she had been absent from the panel were rebroadcast. Jones' name was removed from the opening credits, leaving only Walters, <a href="/wiki/Joy_Behar" title="Joy Behar">Joy Behar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Hasselbeck" title="Elisabeth Hasselbeck">Elisabeth Hasselbeck</a>. Jones was eventually replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sherri_Shepherd" title="Sherri Shepherd">Sherri Shepherd</a> in September 2007. </p><p>On February 22, 2012, Jones returned to <i>The View</i> as a guest, and has made subsequent guest appearances since then. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="truTV">truTV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: truTV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 7, 2007, Jones announced that she would return to her original network, <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a>—now rebranded <a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">truTV</a>—as its new executive editor of daytime programming, and that she would host an eponymous live weekday talk show based on the law and pop culture. <i>Star Jones</i> premiered on August 20, 2007, as a guest-driven live broadcast (with taped segments) covering recent stories from the worlds of pop culture, entertainment, crime, and justice.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Just six months later, her show was canceled, and it was announced that Jones was leaving truTV due to "changes in their programming selection." The final episode of <i>Star Jones</i> aired on February 1, 2008. Jones received the balance on her $24 million, three-year contract, and the network stated that Jones was eliminated from the channel's lineup because it deemed Jones "too serious" for its tabloid-focused coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, according to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, "[Jones'] show averaged 186,000 viewers and, by its final telecast, was down in the neighborhood of 85,000."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2011, the talk show was featured among "10 Notable Talk Show Failures" by CNBC.com.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From September 2004 to September 2005, Jones was a red-carpet host for the <a href="/wiki/E!" title="E!">E!</a> television network, conducting interviews at awards shows. E! declined to renew her contract after one year.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones has hosted or guest-hosted numerous cable programs, including the <a href="/wiki/HGTV" title="HGTV">HGTV</a> program <i><a href="/wiki/House_Hunters" title="House Hunters">House Hunters</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> (which "scored the largest household ratings in the cable channel's history"),<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eric_Dyson" title="Michael Eric Dyson">Michael Eric Dyson</a> radio show, <i><a href="/wiki/Larry_King_Live" title="Larry King Live">Larry King Live</a></i> (where she interviewed <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles" class="mw-redirect" title="Beyoncé Knowles">Beyoncé Knowles</a> while King was on vacation), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_Girls_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bad Girls Club">The Bad Girls Club Season 2 </a></i> reunion on the <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxygen Network">Oxygen Network</a>. </p><p>In addition, she has made acting appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit">Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</a></i> (where she played a former incarnation of herself—a Brooklyn prosecutor named Star Jones—in the eighth-season finale), and as a judge in <i><a href="/wiki/Drop_Dead_Diva" title="Drop Dead Diva">Drop Dead Diva</a></i> in August 2012. </p><p>She has also served as a legal analyst for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Insider_(TV_program)" title="The Insider (TV program)">The Insider</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Phil_(talk_show)" title="Dr. Phil (talk show)">Dr. Phil</a></i>, and appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wendy_Williams_Show" title="The Wendy Williams Show">The Wendy Williams Show</a></i>. </p><p>On July 17, 2009, Jones appeared on a celebrity version of <i><a href="/wiki/Are_You_Smarter_than_a_5th_Grader%3F" title="Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?">Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?</a></i>, during which she won $25,000 to benefit The East Harlem School at Exodus House, a New York City middle school for underserved populations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Jones was also a contestant on the fourth season of <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Apprentice_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity Apprentice 4">The Celebrity Apprentice</a></i>. She placed fifth on the show, eliminated after her <a href="/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">brand</a> messaging efforts in a <a href="/wiki/Television_advertisement" title="Television advertisement">TV commercial</a> for <a href="/wiki/OnStar" title="OnStar">OnStar</a> were not well received by the OnStar executives. </p><p>Jones became the current judge on <i><a href="/wiki/Divorce_Court" title="Divorce Court">Divorce Court</a></i> starting with the program's 40th season, on September 19, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-WISH-TV_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WISH-TV-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She replaced <a href="/wiki/Faith_Jenkins" title="Faith Jenkins">Faith Jenkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones is the author of <i>You Have to Stand for Something, or You'll Fall for Anything</i>, a collection of autobiographical essays published in 1998. Her second book, <i>Shine: A Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love</i> (2006), detailed changes she made to reshape her life, including her marriage and dramatic weight loss. She released a third book in March 2011, <i>Satan's Sisters</i>, a <i><a href="/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef" title="Roman à clef">roman à clef</a></i> about a fictional television talk show featuring five women of clashing temperaments.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A scripted television series based on <i>Satan's Sisters</i>, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Divas" title="Daytime Divas">Daytime Divas</a></i>, aired for one season on <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> from June 5 to July 31, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones served as an executive producer on the series,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and guest-starred as herself in the July 24, 2017, episode.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliations">Affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones is the President of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Women" title="National Association of Professional Women"> National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She created the organization's philanthropic endeavor, NAPW Foundation, to benefit the <a href="/wiki/American_Heart_Association" title="American Heart Association">American Heart Association</a>, of which Jones is also a National Volunteer; the <a href="/wiki/Breast_Cancer_Research_Foundation" title="Breast Cancer Research Foundation">Breast Cancer Research Foundation</a>; Dress For Success and <a href="/wiki/Girls,_Inc." title="Girls, Inc.">Girls, Inc.</a> Jones also conducts regular visits to NAPW Local Chapters and hosts the organization’s annual National Networking Conference. </p><p>Jones is also the president of Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ: IPDN).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also a member of its board of directors, becoming the youngest of a small circle of African-American women in the US leading a public company.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2022, President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> named Jones to serve as the chair of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Commission_for_the_Preservation_of_America%27s_Heritage_Abroad" title="U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad">U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones underwent <a href="/wiki/Gastric_bypass_surgery" title="Gastric bypass surgery">gastric bypass surgery</a> in 2003. She lost 160 pounds as a result of the procedure.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones married <a href="/wiki/Investment" title="Investment">investment</a> <a href="/wiki/Banker" class="mw-redirect" title="Banker">banker</a> Al Reynolds on November 13, 2004. Reynolds proposed to Jones during the <a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2004 NBA All-Star Game">2004 NBA All-Star Game</a>. Amid much publicity, the wedding was held at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Bartholomew%27s_Episcopal_Church,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York">Saint Bartholomew's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in front of five hundred guests and featured three <a href="/wiki/Matrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrons">matrons</a> of honor, twelve bridesmaids, two junior bridesmaids, three best men, twelve <a href="/wiki/Groomsmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Groomsmen">groomsmen</a>, three junior groomsmen, six footmen, four <a href="/wiki/Participants_in_wedding_ceremonies#Ringbearer" class="mw-redirect" title="Participants in wedding ceremonies">ring bearers</a>, and four <a href="/wiki/Flower_girl" title="Flower girl">flower girls</a>. More than thirty corporate "sponsors" donated wedding attire and merchandise for the event in exchange for mentions in the <a href="/wiki/News_media" title="News media">media</a> and on Jones's website.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the wedding, Jones began using the name "Star Jones Reynolds" professionally, but reverted to "Star Jones" in 2007, telling <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> that she wanted to keep her public persona separate from her private self. On March 9, 2008, Jones and Reynolds announced they were divorcing.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17, 2010, Jones underwent cardiac surgery related to a surgery she had three decades earlier for a thoracic tumor.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 24, 2017, Jones went public with her engagement to Ricardo Lugo, who recently worked in the <a href="/wiki/Cook_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Cook County">Cook County</a> State’s Attorney’s Office. Lugo was employed as an assistant state's attorney from April to August, according to a State’s Attorney’s Office spokesperson. He was one of 17 prosecutors laid off because of county budget issues.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones married Ricardo Lugo on a cruise ship in the Bahamas on Sunday, March 25, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Jones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110326053507/http://newslivestreaming.com/star-jones-celebrity-apprentice-2011-contestant/">"Star Jones : Celebrity Apprentice 2011 Contestant"</a>. 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