Perhaps upset that Elisabeth Hasselbeck has usurped her crown as the most reviled woman ever to spout off on The View, Star Jones has warned the upcoming issue of Essence, "Star is back!" Batten down your hatches accordingly, then head into the mind of Star for her thoughts on everything from her gastric bypass ("If I had just been honest, there would not have been a backlash") to her pining, gay ex-husband ("I'm not in love with him") to...oh hell, we're just delaying the good stuff: Star slinging shit at the ladies of The View, who she deems "hateful"!

"Barbara set me up," Jones said about her former boss Barbara Walters. "I wouldn't return her call for six months. Whoopi [Goldberg] came on to do my show and delivered a handwritten note from Barbara. Whoopi said, '[Meet with her] for me.' And I said, 'Out of friendship with you, Whoopi, I will.' Otherwise I would have never sat down with her ever again."

Surely Star wasn't expecting a hug from the notoriously withholding View headmistress? Sorry, Star, but your single-minded fixation on Barbara Walters has blinded you to the surest way to generate headlines on the "Star is Back '08" comeback tour: going after Elisabeth Hasselbeck! Take a cue from Sherri Shepherd and start practicing your "don't go there" finger — you'll be glad you did. [Photo Credit: Getty Images]