Yesterday, Hallmark Channel announced that host Cristina Ferrare would be replaced as co-host by regular contributor Debbie Matenopoulos. The cable channel didn’t specify when the change would take place.
Today, co-host Mark Steines made a quick announcement that Ferrare had left the show and that Matenopoulos would be replacing her, effective immediately. Ferrare hadn’t been on the show for two weeks and didn’t return for a send-off.
Fans of the show have been concerned if Ferrare was sick and have been wondering if the decision to leave was her decision. On her Facebook page, Ferrare confirmed that she is not sick and essentially says that she was fired. She wrote:
Okay here goes, I feel it’s important to finally step up to the plate and let you know what is happening.
First may I say that my family and I have been so thankful and appreciative for all the love, support, prayers, and good wishes you have been sending me on a daily basis for the past three weeks. It pained me so that I was unable to let you know what was going on out of respect for everyone on Home and Family and the Network. I was asked to wait and I have but now I feel I should out of respect for YOU let you know.
It’s really very simple, Home and Family will have a season 5 which I am so happy for and the Network decided that they want a new co-host and that will be Debbie. She will do a great job!
You can still reach me here on facebook and we shall continue honoring love of family and friends. I truly LOVE you all. You have been my rainbow!
What do you think? Are you sorry that Ferrare is no longer a co-host on Home & Family? Will you continue to watch? Should the show be cancelled or, is Ferrare’s replacement a good idea?
I WON’T BE WATCHING THE SHOW AS I REALLY LIKES CRISTINA AND I DON’T CARE FOR DEBBIE!!!!
I will NOT watch the show anymore
Shame on the show for firing Christina she was great,will not watch anymore. I know this does not matter but will watch another show
This show is a looser with out her !!!!!!!
My wife and I watched the show every day while Christina was there. The way she was eliminated from the show is typical of big money executives getting rid of the older employees with no thought of human kindness. We have tuned in on a couple of occasions since and turned it off because the show is just not the same. We never intend to watch it again. We miss Christina and hope she can find comfort knowing how much she is loved by her fans.
Miss her so much
BTW why did you get rid of all the other classy ladies Tanya, Laura, Jeannette, you left the bottom of the barrel, maybe its time for Woody to go
Everyone is on their own floundering without Christina, Debbie wrong choice
I flip through most of the show now and its uncomfortable to watch
The show is not the same without Christina……bad decision on Hallmark, young executives….too young to know when they have a winner on their hands…..I don’t watch the show and don’t want to without Christina.
Cristina I miss you on the show you were so real. I do not really care for new host.to young and just doesn’t feel the same .Want watch
Am so disappointed with the changes/losses to the Home and Family show. I can’t stand watching or listening to Debbie. She is so condescending. She thinks she’s the only one to have ever had things happen to her. Love Mark and the others but will no longer watch because of Debbie.
You know the saying, “that you shot yourself in the foot.”… WELL! Do you know why Christina was good. Because in her classy, kind, quiet way she knew how to make everybody else shine! She was not a thinker that she had to put herself in front of anybody else to shine BIG! she had lots of knowledge and was “REAL”. Debbie is ok! But not a “ROYAL CHRISTINA”. BIG MISTAKE!!!
Not a smart move, sort of like when Coca Cola introduced the New Coke in the eighties. Big mistake, marketing failure.
I will no longer watch the show. Debbie is very annoying. When you got rid of Christina you lost the class and warmth of the show
The show is just the same without her, I enjoy it more, and now there’s no awkwardness when Cristina slips into snob mode and acts condescending. I’m glad that Cristina is ok, but the show is better without her.