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Julie Chen Moonves is finally opening up about husband Leslie Moonves and the sexual abuse allegations that led to his CBS exit as CEO. Chen Moonves appeared on 'Good Morning America' and claimed that despite her statement announcing her departure from 'The Talk' in 2018 as a move of her own, her exit was not on her own terms, stating that her new memoir reveals that she was actually asked to leave.

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00:00But that's not what we're here to talk about. But of course, yeah, I know my husband.

00:06Julie Chen Moonves is finally opening up about husband Leslie Moonves and the sexual abuse

00:12allegations that led to his CBS exit as CEO. Chen Moonves appeared on Good Morning America

00:17to promote her new memoir, But First God, in which she details how in the past five years

00:23she found God. During the discussion, Chen Moonves claimed that despite her statement

00:27announcing her departure from the talk in 2018 as a move of her own, her exit was not on her own

00:33terms, stating that her memoir reveals that she was actually asked to leave.

00:37Yeah, I never revealed that until But First God. That was a hard time. I felt stabbed in the back.

00:48Her talk exit followed a 2018 expose in The New Yorker detailing sexual misconduct allegations

00:54against Moonves, including claims of forcible touching or kissing, physical intimidation,

00:59and threats to derail careers. This eventually led to the CEO being ousted from the network.

01:05While talking to GMA, Chen Moonves was asked whether she had questioned her husband

01:09about the allegations.

01:10That's not what we're here to talk about. But of course, yeah, I know my husband.

01:16You know, I know my husband. Chen Moonves also declined to directly address her position on the

01:25Believe Her movement that followed the wave of Me Too allegations starting in 2017,

01:30including those against her husband.

01:32Well, I think that's getting off track from But First God.

01:36She added,

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