Star Jones: I'm doing just fine after surgery

‘The View’ co-host says she's feeling well after breast-lift operation

Kevork Djansezian / AP	TV host Star Jones Reynolds arrives for the Emmy awards Sept. 2005. She is recovering from a breast lift procedure performed Friday.

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updated 11:53 p.m. ET March 27, 2006

Star Jones Reynolds said Monday that reports of her plastic surgery perils were greatly exaggerated.

Jones Reynolds, a host of “The View,” called the daytime talk show to discuss her breast-lift surgery and to dispute what another host, Meredith Vieira, described as “rumors circulating that she almost died.”

“How are you, Star?” Vieira asked her in the on-air conversation.

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“Well, can we first start with ... I did not almost die,” Jones Reynolds replied. “I mean there is nothing worse than sitting in a bed watching a scroll across the TV that says ‘Star Jones faces death.’ I went, ‘Oh, my God, I did?”’

Joking that she wanted to keep the show “abreast” of the situation, Jones Reynolds said she merely required a blood transfusion because of the March 17 surgery at a Santa Monica hospital.

The doctors “all knew that I was anemic and just in case I ended up needing some blood, which I did, they were prepared. They gave me the blood and literally I was fine right afterwards,” Jones Reynolds said, adding she was conscious during the transfusion.

Vieira asked her to describe the operation, which Jones said included receiving implants.

“It’s a little bit of a hoist because after you lose some weight you sometimes go real flat, and I really wanted to lift them up,” said the once-heavyset Jones Reynolds, who has slimmed down considerably.

Asked by guest host Tisha Campbell-Martin if her bosom was “perky,” she replied: “Well, let’s just put it like this: Friday was my 44th birthday but my [breasts] think they’re still 20.”