Julie Chen stands by Les Moonves, signing off Big Brother as "Julie Chen Moonves" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 09-14-2018, 01:16 AM

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Chen said "Good evening, I’m Julie Chen" at the beginning of Big Brother's live double eviction Thursday night, her first TV appearance since husband Les Moonves was fired on Sunday as CEO of CBS after taking time off from The Talk. But she found an unusual way to sign off, adding her husband's surname. "From outside the Big Brother house with Brett, I am Julie Chen Moonves. Good night," she said. According to EW, "it was the first time in the history of the show that Chen has used the Moonves surname while signing off, a clear indication that she still supports her husband amid the accusations levied against him in two blistering New Yorker articles by Rowan Farrow." As Daniel D'Addario put it, "that name, defiantly used, feels, for now, unwelcome in any setting that demands introspection, and antithetical to any path forward for Chen but painful silence."

HuntingtonM15 · 09-14-2018, 11:10 AM

This was really shocking and completely unexpected. Julie did not tell production ahead of time that she was going to do that. I'd say it's her big "F" you to CBS and her way of saying she will be done with Big Brother after this season wraps and probably The Talk as well.

TMC · 09-14-2018, 07:20 PM

The View's Joy Behar on Julie Chen: "I think it's going to be hard for her to go back to The Talk"
The View panelists this discussed Chen, Les Moonves and her "Julie Chen Moonves" sign-off from last night's Big Brother at the top of this morning's show. Behar questioned whether Chen could return to The Talk. "I think it's going to be hard for her to go back to The Talk," said Behar. "What topics can they do? They can't talk about the #MeToo movement without her coming clean about her husband." Behar compared Chen to Hillary Clinton sticking up for President Bill Clinton after he denied having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, saying it would even be hard to talk about shows like Real Housewives or anything relationship related. ALSO: The Talk avoided talking about Chen's "Julie Chen Moonves" sign-off on Friday.

09-14-2018, 01:16 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,384	Julie Chen stands by Les Moonves, signing off Big Brother as "Julie Chen Moonves" https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/13/julie-c...s-big-brother/ Chen said "Good evening, I’m Julie Chen" at the beginning of Big Brother's live double eviction Thursday night, her first TV appearance since husband Les Moonves was fired on Sunday as CEO of CBS after taking time off from The Talk. But she found an unusual way to sign off, adding her husband's surname. "From outside the Big Brother house with Brett, I am Julie Chen Moonves. Good night," she said. According to EW, "it was the first time in the history of the show that Chen has used the Moonves surname while signing off, a clear indication that she still supports her husband amid the accusations levied against him in two blistering New Yorker articles by Rowan Farrow." As Daniel D'Addario put it, "that name, defiantly used, feels, for now, unwelcome in any setting that demands introspection, and antithetical to any path forward for Chen but painful silence."

09-14-2018, 11:10 AM	#2
HuntingtonM15 That Bothers Me Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jun 20, 2003 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 11,059	This was really shocking and completely unexpected. Julie did not tell production ahead of time that she was going to do that. I'd say it's her big "F" you to CBS and her way of saying she will be done with Big Brother after this season wraps and probably The Talk as well.

09-14-2018, 07:20 PM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,384	The View's Joy Behar on Julie Chen: "I think it's going to be hard for her to go back to The Talk" The View panelists this discussed Chen, Les Moonves and her "Julie Chen Moonves" sign-off from last night's Big Brother at the top of this morning's show. Behar questioned whether Chen could return to The Talk. "I think it's going to be hard for her to go back to The Talk," said Behar. "What topics can they do? They can't talk about the #MeToo movement without her coming clean about her husband." Behar compared Chen to Hillary Clinton sticking up for President Bill Clinton after he denied having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, saying it would even be hard to talk about shows like Real Housewives or anything relationship related. ALSO: The Talk avoided talking about Chen's "Julie Chen Moonves" sign-off on Friday.