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 don’t know when the new season starts but maybe Cristina will be back??? Wouldn’t that be awesome! !!
It would be Awesome! Let’s hope & pray it happens.
Only if the producers care about their audience instead of their pockets. Only way to get Christina back is to boycott their advertizers
I do not watch the show any longer!! I thought it was not fair they let Cristana go!! Will not watch that show again unless they bring her back!!
I liked Christina! I’m sorry, I don’t really care for Debbie.
Shame on you for getting rid of Christine, she was the show. She is a lovely person with a fantastic personality. I won’t watch the show anymore.
Shame on you for getting rid of Christine, she was the show. Who wants to watch an egomaniac? Bring Christine back. She is a lovely woman.
I am so sorry Christina is gone!!! She was soooo much fun and made the show fun. Surely what she did couldn’t have been that bad to fire her. The new Home and Family isn’t that much fun.
I watched home & family since it began with Christina & Mark. I enjoyed it so much. Since its changed I do not watch it.thank you.
I love Cristina. The show is not the same. She was so classed. And beautiful. Debbie is good but not Cristina at all
Have always loved Cristina. It is so true. She is such a class act. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. When you make a mistake, like letting her go, fix it for your viewers, for your advertisers, and do the right thing, bring her back. Give the viewers what they loved. Otherwise, we will be looking for this great woman wherever someone else will be smart to hire her and improve their show! Actually, “The Talk” has an opening. She would be great with the wonderful ladies on that show. I am a regular Talk viewer. Hope they will… Read more »
I no longer watch Home & Family because they got rid of Christina Ferrare. She made the show enjoyable and many of us “mature” women loved her. Bring her back; most of us don’t enjoy listening to people who are full of themselves.
I feel Debbie is an attention getter, she always want the camera on her, not very down to earth and classy like Christina!
I miss you. You made the show relevant to me! (being of similar age at 64)
So sad to know that Cristina was removed from the show! She was a down to earth everyday person who the majority of person can relate with! Debbie to me is more like an actress/model who pretends to be someone she is not! One of the reasons I liked the show!! I watched all of 5 times to give it a chance!. No longer can relate–NO home feeling–FAKE! Sorry no longer on my Hallmark list!
I still miss Christina the show is not the same, the family is broken.
I so agree with you Pat. The show is NOT the same! Debbie is too darn fake. I never missed Home and Family and since Christina left I seldom watch the show
Stopped watching.
I haven’t watched the show since Christina Ferrare was asked to leave. It was obvious they selected a younger woman and didn’t realize their targeted audience was a great meany older retired women and we related to her although she was younger than me. I even took a picture of her hairstyle to have mine cut in a similar style.
It’s obvious they wanted a younger demographic audience, which I don’t relate to …I’m over young, blonde, slim, being being the perfect role model for young women. I can buy a Barbie for my Granddaughters if I wanted that.
Debbie can dance, Debbie knows all the words to the songs, Debbie knows fashion, Debbie can do sports but Debbie is full of herself. She is not as natural or better looking than Cristina & Debbie will never be a Super Model. Debbie will never be what Cristina is, a beautiful person inside and out.