Joy Behar Throws in the Towel

After 16 years with ABC’s The View, Joy Behar is walking away when her contract ends in August.

She recently said in an interview with Deadline, “It seemed like the right time. You reach a point when you say to yourself, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ There are other things on my plate I want to do.”

Including a possible show on CNN! She says, “I want to do an intelligent talk show where you have room to breath.”

Well breathe all you can Joy, you are one of two original The View members to leave the roundtable. From the 1997 round-up, only her and creator Barbara Walters stayed put this long with the show.

Maybe this will mean an early retirement for Barbara as well? Nahhhh, she’s at her prime!

Whatever Behar does, we have no doubt she will do something that doesn’t neglect her stand-up. The best of luck to you, Joy!

The Road Ends For Britney Bitch

Oops, X-factor did it again. L.A. Reid has already made a public departure from the hit Fox show, but it has now been announced that Britney Spears is also stepping down from the judging table.

While reports say she quit before Simon Cowell could fire her, an 18% decrease in ratings from Season one shows that her boss wasn’t the only one disappointed with her performance.

On the season finale of X-factor, a montage was played which displayed Britney’s “funny” faces throughout the show. However, her lack of constructive criticisms made her the judge viewers liked the least.

For $15 million, we expect a mentor to give their talent the best of the best. And while her mentee Carly Rose made it to the top two, we can assume it was her out of this world pipes, not Britney’s advice that got her that far.

Britney Spears was once the princess of pop, but after years of ups and downs we think she is starting to lose some of her swag. Maybe all she needs is to settle down and play mommy for a while. Trust us Brit, you don’t need the money. You’ll survive outside the public eye.