Well, apparently Nancy O'Dell doesn't have the same ailment that has kept Mary Hart glued to the chair on Entertainment Tonight. In a shocking announcement, Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell is leaving the show, effective immediately. In fact, she may not be on today's broadcast.

The story is still be sorted out, but it seems that Nancy is walking away from the last two years on her contract for a better job somewhere else. Her PR rep said, "[She] has chosen to leave the show after 13 years. ...Even though she will be leaving for a new opportunity, this decision is based totally on Nancy's desire to take her career to the next level and is completely amicable. She will continue on with projects as a broadcast entertainment journalist."

People magazine claims that O'Dell was uncomfortable with the tabloid sensentionalism of Access Hollywood and just had enough.

I wonder what took her so long; I turned off the show years ago for that very reason. People added that O'Dell has a good rep in the biz and wants to keep her image clean. So, perhaps, she's getting out while the getting was good. Or she just found a way to get off that set the way Mary Hart hasn't been able to. (Mary, please, move on already!)

What's next for Nancy O'Dell? I could easily see her morphing into a talk show, one of the morning shows, or even something on Food Network or Lifetime.