I know you don't like reading about Star Jones, but she makes it so easy

In Star Jones's new book, "Shine," she cruelly shares intimate details of her romantic journey with her definitely not gay husband, Al Reynolds. Here is an excerpt from Page Six:

"The first time he held me in his arms sexually, it was almost frightening," Jones writes of Reynolds, who once famously attended a Fire Island beach party in his bachelor days wearing only a banana hammock. "We had an intoxicating sexual connection the first two months of our relationship."

Now that you have that mental image fixed in your brain (I can't guarantee there won't be permanent damage) also keep in mind that despite their burning sexual attraction, Star and Al didn't seal the deal until after they exchanged vows. So, brave Al Reynolds somehow had the willpower to contain his undoubtedly mutual sexual attraction for that fat bitch Star Jones, until after their tasteful, corporate-sponsored wedding. He is every straight man's hero, I'm sure.

Full Page Six item after the jump.

"THE View" co-host Star Jones may have sworn off Burger King, but when it comes to negotiating perks, she still has it her way.

Publishing sources familiar with the newly svelte daytime diva's contract for "Shine," her recently released book about her "Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love," say the first-time author demanded and ultimately received an astronomical $85,000 budget to promote the sudsy self-helper - three times the amount allotted to Nicole Richie for her quasi-fictional debut, "The Truth About Diamonds."

Though it's still too early to tell if the investment will pay off, one passage in Jones' book - described on the dust jacket as "laugh out loud" funny - already has the Web world in hysterics.

Alongside makeup tips and weight loss advice, Jones offers an all-too-detailed answer to those who question her hubby Al Reynolds' robust heterosexuality.

"The first time he held me in his arms sexually, it was almost frightening," Jones writes of Reynolds, who once famously attended a Fire Island beach party in his bachelor days wearing only a banana hammock.

"We had an intoxicating sexual connection the first two months of our relationship."

One particularly nasty reviewer on Amazon.com, where the book has been awarded two stars out of a possible five, suggests the following alternate title: "Swine: The Star Jones guide to being a self-deluded washed-up hag with a husband as straight as Tom Cruise is sane."

Meanwhile, we also hear that Star's 35-year-old beefcake banker won't be her only companion as she traverses the country dispensing her special brand of womanly wisdom. In an almost unheard of move, sources say Jones's contract also stipulates that her publisher, ReganBooks, provide her with bodyguards at all of her public appearances - presumably to protect her from those gangs of surly soccer moms known to obsess over her every word.

Asked about Jones's promotional budget, her rep at ReganBooks offered the following nondenial: "It's not true, but we would never comment on it if it was." And the security detail? "I've worked with a lot of lesser authors who had security and it would not be unusual for someone at her level."