Chen Moonves left her put up on the discuss present in 2018, after a complete of 12 ladies 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 mentioned they had 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 house 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 identify 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 resolution to go away 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, you realize?”

She added that she turned to her religion to get via that point and work on herself. “I do not know if I may’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 form 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 gentle 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 had been false about our household, and that, I stored it easy. I mentioned, ‘So should you ever hear something, otherwise you learn something, you come to us first. this household. who we’re. And do not let anybody shake that,’” she defined

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

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

Her audiobook drops Tuesday, September 19.