Julie Chenis an Emmy-award-winning journalist who has moved seamlessly between the worlds of reality and talk show television.
The betrayal was especially hurtful as Chen considered Remini a close friend at the time.
“We were buddies.
“I completely iced her out and we didn’t talk for years.
It took almost a decade.”
Upon returning from vacation, Chen described the tension she felt with Remini and her cohosts.
She’s too uptight, she’s not one of us.
If she stays, we go.'”
Eventually, Remini ended up being the one who left “The Talk” after Season One.
She spotted Leah Remini’s husband at a party and asked him for her ex-cohost’s phone number.
After getting ahold of Remini’s number, Chen felt compelled to call.
She credited this new spirit of forgiveness to her strong relationship with God.
“So I called her, she answered.
We buried the hatchet,” Chen said in her audio memoir.
“And today, we’re probably closer than ever.”
After healing their friendship, Remini has been fierce in her protection of Chen.
I had to own up to my own ugly," Remini admitted.
