This is awesome! First Barbara Walters comes clean and confesses to a love affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke and now she is squealing about her former co-hosts on The View, Rosie O’Donnell and Star Jones. Barbara is currently making her rounds to promote her memoir, Audition. She is one smart cookie and will surely make it a best selling book.
During her interview with Oprah Winfrey, Barbara was critical of the way Star Jones kept secret the fact that she had undergone surgery in order to lose a considerable amount of weight. Walter’s acknowledges that Star wanted everyone to believe that her success with her transformed shape was due to Pilates and portion control.
We had to lie on the set everyday, she was our colleague and she really did not want us to out her…We cared about her, and we thought we owed her.”
When Rosie O’Donnell was brought up, Walters showed affection toward the former outspoken co-host and even went as far as to say she’s an “enormous talent” but that she had emotional issues that made their relationship strained at times.
“If I didn’t do what she hoped I’d do, she felt I’d abandoned her, ” said Walter’s in reference to the fight between Donald Trump and Rosie. Walters said that at the time the story hit the media she was in the Caribbean with Judge Judy. Barbara said:
She had always driven the bus and she could not just ride the bus.”
Now it will be interesting to see if either one of the ex co-hosts will come forward and do a little dishing of their own on Barbara. With Elizabeth still part of the show, it is unlikely we will be treated to any bashing where she is concerned.
Congratulations Ms. Walters. You’ve included all of the ingredients necessary to ensure brisk sales. We smell success.