Julie Chen Moonves Says Says CBS Forced Exit from 'The Talk'

Julie Chen Moonves claims that CBS forced her to exit from 'The Talk' after claims came out against her husband.

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00:00 Julie Chen Moonves is opening up for the first time about her 2018 departure from The Talk,

00:04 claiming that the exit from the CBS daytime show was a decision made for her.

00:08 Moonves was on Good Morning America promoting her new audiobook memoir, "But First God,"

00:12 claiming she felt "stabbed in the back."

00:14 The exit of the star came after eight years of moderating the panel series.

00:18 The departure came days after her husband, Les Moonves, was ousted from CBS amidst allegations

00:23 of sexual misconduct from more than a dozen women, which he denies.

00:27 At the time of the announcement, Chen Moonves did not reference the allegations made against

00:30 her husband, saying that instead that she needed to "spend more time at home with

00:34 my husband and our young son."

00:36 The star wrote that the hardest part about the controversy was indeed telling her son

00:39 at the time.

00:40 Last November, CBS and Moonves, the network's former president, agreed to pay $30.5 million

00:46 as part of a deal with the New York Attorney General's office.

00:48 Chen Moonves has continued to host Big Brother, which is currently airing its 25th season.

00:53 She told Entertainment Weekly this summer that she initially didn't want the gig when

00:56 it was first pitched to her.

00:58 But First God is the first time Chen Moonves has spoken out about the story behind her

01:01 exit.

01:02 The book chronicles the spiritual journey she's been on in the wake of the scandal,

01:05 something that she says has fundamentally changed her.