Starlet Marie Jones is an American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate.
She is best known as one of the original co-hosts on the ABC morning talk show The View, on which she appeared from 1997 to 2006.
The special takes viewers inside the hotel room at the Essex House hotel in New York City where current and original co-host Joy Behar, the show’s first moderator Meredith Vieira and original panellists Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos auditioned 25 years ago.