Julie Chen Moonves felt that The Talk became a "different show" after she left

Asked about her reaction to The Talk's cancellation, she told SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live: "I was sad, but I was also aware that it had become such a different show because when I was on, it was all women and there was some chatter about maybe putting a guy on, on the panel when Aisha (Tyler) left.

"The year before was my last year, and my husband always said, he was like, 'You know, if you put men on that panel, you just change the dynamic. Right now it's a bunch of women having a grand old time, you know, yucking it up', and it was sad for me to see, but really there was very few remnants left of the show that I had worked on."

Julie feels that The Talk could still be on air like ABC counterpart The View as she blasted the "tone deaf" decision to steer clear of topical matters.

The 55-year-old star said: "Disappointing, 'cause I look at The View and I'm like, I felt like The Talk could have lasted just as long as The View is lasting."

Agreeing with Cohen's criticism of The Talk "running away" from topical issues, Julie added: "Yes. It was tone deaf.

"When we started, you know, things were different in history. You know, the tone was different in the country, but you gotta listen and you gotta adapt."

Julie left The Talk amid sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations against her husband, former CBS CEO Les Moonves, and has suggested that her departure was against her wishes.

The Big Brother host stated in her audiobook But First, God: "It was a job that I loved going to, it just made my heart sing. It was my job co-hosting and moderating the CBS daytime talk show called The Talk. In short: yes, I was collateral damage. The decision to leave the show was made for me."

Julie claims that she was told not to show up for work before the premiere of season nine due to the allegations against her husband.

She recalled: "With my name and my husband's name being in the headlines and all this chaos, two of my co-hosts called the powers at CBS said, 'If Julie shows up to work tomorrow, we're not coming in.'

"So, I was basically told, 'Please don't come back to work anymore.'"