Ding, dong, the witch is outta there!

Finally it's happening. The grossness that is Star Jones is leaving The View. She is set to announce her departure this week. Can I get a Hallelujah, girlfriends? But it's not all good news since she'll be replaced by Rosie O, which is another realm of grossness right there. Between nag-hag Joy Behar, Republician Bush-lover Elizabeth Hasselpuke, and ancient dino-Barbara, I can't catch a break. Now Star and her hubby, Big Gay Al can sit around and dress each other up in boas and tutus and shit.

Star Jones Reynolds will announce her departure from "The View" this week, Access Hollywood learned.

A source close to "The View" told Access Monday that Star Jones Reynolds will leave "The View" in July and will announce the departure on the show this week.

As a result, the much discussed face-off between Star and incoming co-host, Rosie O'Donnell, will never occur.

O'Donnell is not joining the gals until September. [Access Hollywood]

Just added: Star is now saying that she's been fired from The View. Who cares??? All's that matters is you ain't gonna have to see her face no mo'.

Contrary to speculation that she's unhappy about the upcoming addition of Rosie O'Donnell – one of Jones Reynolds’s most vocal critics – to the show this fall, she reveals exclusively in this week's PEOPLE magazine that the departure was not her choice.

"What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the tenth season," she tells PEOPLE. "I feel like I was fired." She adds that she was told her contract wouldn't be renewed just days before news leaked that O'Donnell would be joining The View. [People]