Julie Chen Officially Announces Her Exit From ‘The Talk’

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Julie Chen just formally announced she’s leaving “The Talk” and her departing message thanked both her fans and costars.

The longtime talk show host and CBS anchor appeared in a pre-recorded video Tuesday at the bottom of the show, where she said, in part, that she was leaving “The Talk” to spend more time with her husband, Les Moonves, and their young son.

Julie, who eventually became teary-eyed during her remarks, thanked all the hosts of “The Talk,” singling out each one and quickly reminiscing on their friendship. She ended with ”I love you all, and I know this show and the sisterhood it stands for will live on for many, many, many more years to come. You ladies got this, and I cannot be more proud to call you my friends. I love you.” 

The camera eventually cut back to the main set where all the ladies were in tears. Sara Gilbert quickly thanked Julie for her contributions to “The Talk” and the program ended from there without further discussion.

As we reported … Julie was slated to make the announcement that she would be off of “The Talk” effective immediately. No word on whether she’s leaving her “Big Brother” hosting gig just yet, but it appears she’ll be sticking it out for the short term. She’s hosting again this week.

Julie returned to “Big Brother” last week without mentioning the sexual assault allegations against her husband, Les Moonves. She also didn’t talk about his forced resignation from CBS in the wake of several women coming forward to accuse him of past sexual misconduct.

She did, however, sign off on Thursday’s episode as Julie Chen Moonves … clearly showing her support for her husband. 

No word yet on a potential replacement for Julie on “The Talk” … but some people have already shown interest in the gig. However, ‘DWTS’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba did fill in for Julie as a guest host Tuesday …. and Julie indicated she looked great in that seat.