Star Jones, who rapidly lost half her weight before the eyes of millions of TV viewers, lost almost half her blood recently while under the knife of a California plastic surgeon who was performing what was meant to be a secret “routine” breast-lift operation (not long ago, that would have required a forklift). According to reports, she began to bleed internally, came close to having a heart attack, and “her vital signs plunged to dangerous levels.” She was transferred to a hospital in Santa Monica for life-saving blood transfusions, and will be returning to her self-serving cohosting duties on The View next week.

Meanwhile, in a related story, Star’s heterosexual hubby, Al Reynolds, fell down at a New York gym and sustained two nasty cuts on his head that required stitches – the very same weekend that his beloved was dying on the operating table. What are the odds?