Remember back in the day when Nicole Richie wrote that fiction book about a girl who was a famous singer’s adopted daughter? And the girl was friends with lots of famous people and did drugs? And it basically was a memoir but she never really acknowledged it? OK, well Star Jones is about to do the exact same thing, but with The View and I can’t freakin’ wait.

The NY Post reported that the story will follow a group of women who host a TV show called “The Lunch Club”. Things get hectic on the set when the co-hosts learn that a former castmember who knows all their dirt has decided to return to the show. As we all know, Star never made a return to The View, but she did leave on quite unpleasant terms, and everyone knows that some legendary shit goes down in their make-up room.

I’m hoping that where Barbara Walters’ book “Audition” left me wanting more dirt, The Lunch Club might be able to answer some lingering questions I have about the behind-the-scenes dynamic there.

“I was an addict for all practical purposes, that I had never stuck to a real diet, that I’d never stuck to a real exercise program, and that when confronted by my doctor and the doctor said if you don’t make changes, you will die. I had no choice. When you hear people say, oh, you took the easy way out, I would have longed for an easy way. It was not an easy way. It was this — the hardest struggle of my whole entire life and I still struggle.”

Star Jones, discussing her gastric bypass surgery with Oprah on a special weight-loss episode airing Wednesday.

I’m not a giant Star Jones fan, but I’m glad she’s out there saying this. I’m firmly of the belief that many people who are obese suffer from an addiction to food, as psychologically powerful as any addiction. You can’t effectively address the disease JUST by putting someone on a diet, in the same way that you can’t effectively treat alcoholism by handing someone a Diet Coke. There’s much deeper work to be done before a person can hope to be successful in the long term.

It’s obviously a huge issue in this country, and I feel like the longer we treat it like these people just need to find a diet that works without addressing the — excuse the pun — giant elephant of addiction in the room, the longer we’ll continue to see obesity-related illnesses and expenses on the rise. So, ya know, good for you, Star.

Or do the hats fight? I get so confused sometimes.

Thanks to Pop on the Pop for the heads-up.