In April 2024, CBS bid adieu to its long-running daytime discuss present The Discuss after 15 seasons. Now, former Discuss seat hotter Julie Chen Moonves has just a few phrases for her former employer.
When CBS’s The Discuss was canceled, it was hosted by Sheryl Underwood, Amanda Kloots, Jerry O’Connell, Akbar Gbajabiamila, and Natalie Morales. The present ended after Season 15, with its last episode airing in December 2024.
On SiriusXM‘s Andy Cohen Dwell, Chen Moonves opened up concerning the canceled daytime discuss present. “What was your first response while you heard The Discuss was canceled?,” requested host Andy Cohen .
“I used to be unhappy, however I used to be additionally conscious that it had grow to be such a unique present as a result of after I was on, it was all girls and there was some chatter about possibly placing a man on, on the panel when Aisha [Tyler] left. The yr earlier than was my final yr, and my husband at all times mentioned, he was like, ‘You recognize, in case you put males on that panel, you simply change the dynamic. Proper now it’s a bunch of ladies having a grand previous time, you realize, yucking it up,’ and it was unhappy for me to see, however actually there was only a few remnants left of the present that I had labored on,” defined Chen Moonves.
“Disappointing, ’trigger I take a look at The View and I’m like, I felt like The Discuss may have lasted simply so long as The View is lasting,” mentioned Chen Moonves.
“I feel that The Discuss working away from topical points was, I by no means, I feel they need to have,” Cohen clarified.
“Sure. It was tone deaf,” agreed Chen Moonves. “Once we began, you realize, issues have been totally different in historical past. You recognize, the tone was totally different within the nation, however you gotta pay attention and also you gotta adapt.”
Julie Chen Moonves served as a co-host and the moderator of The Discuss from its launch in 2010 via 2019. On the time she left the present, she formally gave the explanation as to “spend extra time at residence with my husband and our younger son,” although in the course of the time, her husband, Les Moonves, resigned as CEO of CBS amid a number of harassment allegations. In more moderen interviews, Julie Chen Moonves has said that her departure was not solely voluntary.
“It was a job that I cherished going to, it simply made my coronary heart sing. It was my job co-hosting and moderating the CBS daytime discuss present known as The Discuss. Briefly: sure, I used to be collateral harm. The choice to depart the present was made for me,” she said in her audiobook, However First, God.
Chen Moonves alleges that the day earlier than Season 9 premiered, she was informed: “With my title and my husband’s title being within the headlines and all this chaos, two of my co-hosts known as the powers at CBS and mentioned, ‘If Julie reveals as much as work tomorrow, we’re not coming in.’ So, I used to be mainly informed, ‘Please don’t come again to work anymore.’”
Chen Moonves at the moment hosts the fact present Massive Brother and continues to prioritize her household life.