It wasn't a job that I was looking for and particularly interested in until I auditioned," she said. She had not only brains, but real tenacity. Prior to The View 's season premiere on Sept.
The foursome then raised a champagne toast to 25 years — and to original host Walters. FB Tweet More. You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
Barbara Walters on The View. All rights reserved. Close Sign in. In the book, Walters also discussed her animosity with former View co-host Jones over Jones' weight loss and departure from the talk show. Over the years, Walters has refined the art of "personality journalism" and "being the first" interviews.
She is sometimes criticized for displaying personal emotion to pump ratings and relying on "softball questions. In Walters conducted the first interview with Christopher Reeve after the horseback-riding accident that left him paralyzed. In Walters's two-hour-long exclusive with the former White House intern Monica Lewinsky made broadcasting history as the highest-rated news program ever broadcast on a single network. Walters has conducted timely interviews with world leaders, providing viewers with a more three-dimensional view of these larger-than-life personalities.
While interviewing Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Walters confronted him with, "In America, we read that you are unstable. We read that you are mad. In total, the interviews presented a different picture of the Saudi population and their view of the world at a time when most Americans were vexed by the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
In May , Walters announced her retirement from television journalism. She said that she will go off the air in , but she will remain an executive producer on her popular talk show The View. According to the Los Angeles Times , Walters explained that "I do not want to appear on another program or climb another mountain.
I want instead to sit on a sunny field and admire the very gifted women — and OK, some men too — who will be taking my place. In she married theatrical producer Lee Guber. They adopted a daughter, Jacqueline Dena, named after Walters' sister and mother. Walters and Guber divorced in We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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