Chen Moonves left her submit on the discuss present in 2018, after a complete of 12 girls accused her husband of sexual assault and harassment. Moonves advised The New Yorker that he acknowledged three of the sexual encounters detailed in Ronan Farrow’s New Yorker exposé however stated they have been consensual. He didn’t specify which of them. He then resigned from his place at CBS.

Chen introduced her exit from The Discuss days later, saying on the present she wanted “to spend extra time at dwelling with my husband and younger son.” She continues to host Large Brother on CBS, nonetheless, and commenced utilizing “Moonves” as a part of her final title on the present.

She addressed her exit on Good Morning America this morning, the place she was selling her new audiobook However First, God. Within the e-book, she reportedly claims her determination to depart the discuss present was one made for her.

“Yeah, I by no means revealed that till ‘However First, God.’ That was a tough time,” she shared. “I felt stabbed within the again. I used to be, ?”

She added that she turned to her religion to get by means of that point and work on herself. “I do not know if I might’ve reconciled if I did not have God in my life,” she defined.

“Julie Chen earlier than she discovered God was a self-absorbed, career-minded, useless, gossipy, enjoyable to be with, however most likely type of a shallow individual,” she continued. “Julie Chen Moonves, who now is aware of the Lord, is somebody who needs to assist others, who needs to have a look at everybody with a smooth coronary heart.”

Within the e-book, she additionally opens up about telling the pair’s son Charlie, 14, concerning the allegations towards his father.

“I advised him that there have been stories that have been false about our household, and that, I stored it easy. I stated, ‘So if you happen to ever hear something, otherwise you learn something, you come to us first. You recognize this household. You recognize who we’re. And do not let anybody shake that,’” she defined

Chen Moonves appeared barely much less snug when requested by GMA’s Juju Chang whether or not she requested her husband concerning the allegations and why she did not embody references to the #MeToo motion in her e-book.

“That is not what we’re right here to speak about. However after all. Yeah. I do know my husband. You recognize? I do know my husband,” she stated of the previous query. Of the latter, she added, “I feel that is getting off monitor from However First, God. All of us undergo onerous instances on this world and in our life. Mine aren’t over simply because I discovered Christ. I feel we have to preserve our deal with Him.”

Her audiobook drops Tuesday, September 19.