Contessa Leaves Imus

Not having appeared on Imus in the Morning for over a week, it was finally revealed today that Contessa Brewer has left her position as the show's co-newsreader. Donald Trump, on the show to plug The Apprentice, started off his interview saying, "Where's Contessa? I miss her." Imus responded that he misses her too, but that she won't be back. Instead she'll be anchoring the network's afternoon broadcasts. There's quite a bit of speculation as to why she left, but the most plausible seems to be that she was just plain fed up with the tomfoolery of Imus, Sid, and especially Bernard. Here's an account of her final appearance on the show which could have been the final straw. TVNEWSER also provides some fodder for the rumor mill quoting anonymous sources from an MSN message board - quite the reliable source. I'm sure the details will come out in the following days on Imus - it's too good of a story for them to leave alone.