{"id":744921,"date":"2022-01-11T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/star-jones-to-serve-as-host-judge-on-divorce-court\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:15:00","slug":"star-jones-to-serve-as-host-judge-on-divorce-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/star-jones-to-serve-as-host-judge-on-divorce-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Jones to serve as host, judge on &#8216;Divorce Court&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-image-container\" onclick=\"st_ss_sh1();\">\n<p>1\/5<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"975\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Star-Jones-to-serve-as-host-judge-on-Divorce-Court.jpg\" title=\"Star Jones to serve as host, judge on 'Divorce Court'\" alt=\"Star Jones to serve as host, judge on 'Divorce Court'\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stph_caption\">Star Jones will replace Faith Jenkins on &#8220;Divorce Court&#8221; in September. File Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo<\/div>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 11 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Star Jones is joining the long-running series <i>Divorce Court<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old attorney and television personality will replace Faith Jenkins as host and judge on the show in September, People reported Monday.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>As the new judge, Jones will preside over divorce proceedings, domestic disputes and other cases on <i>Divorce Court<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before I was the legal correspondent for NBC News covering high-profile trials and conducting exclusive jailhouse interviews, I spent six years in a Brooklyn courtroom as a NYC homicide prosecutor and assistant district attorney,&#8221; Jones said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the beginning of my TV career, it&#8217;s been my mission to serve as a voice for the voiceless; and after more than 30 consecutive years on television and in people&#8217;s homes, that remains true,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Jones said she will offer viewers and the parties on <i>Divorce Court<\/i> &#8220;a no-nonsense approach to the law and a decision driven by my proven legal expertise, compassion and empathy, personal experiences and hard-earned common sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarJonesEsq\/status\/1480686906929303558\"> confirmed<\/a> her casting on Twitter, saying she is &#8220;incredibly honored&#8221; to join the show.<\/p>\n<p>Her previous TV credits include <i>The View<\/i> and <i>Celebrity Apprentice<\/i>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins has served as host and judge on <i>Divorce Court<\/i> since 2020. Lynn Toler and Mablean Ephriam were the previous judges.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/5 Star Jones will replace Faith Jenkins on &#8220;Divorce Court&#8221; in September. File Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo Jan. 11 (UPI) &#8212; Star Jones is joining the long-running series Divorce Court. The 59-year-old attorney and television personality will replace Faith Jenkins as host and judge on the show in September, People reported Monday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":744922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}