By Wallis Day

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The 57-year-old admitted that her departure “came as a shock” and he was “not aware that is something that she was contemplating doing.”

“But in the end she made her decision,” he said. “And we have to move on as a show. I don’t like it. I’m not happy about it, ‘cause I appreciate her and what she has meant to me. What she has meant to the show. What she has meant to the network. What she’s meant to the business. And I’m gonna miss her.”

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