Barbara Walters is hanging up her hat.

The veteran newswoman, now 83, announced on Monday morning’s edition of The View that she will retire from TV journalism in the Summer of 2014. Until then, Babs will continue her work with ABC and will remain executive producer of The View, the femme-friendly morning gabfest she created in 1997.

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Is the end of an era upon us? No official word yet, but reports out today claim that veteran newswoman Barbara Walters will retire in May 2014.

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Let’s hope the Hasselbeck Haters didn’t get their hopes up” Barbara Walters kicked off Monday’s edition of The View by debunked reports that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is being ousted from the ABC talk show.

The right-winger sat quietly as Walters addressed what she called the “particularly false story that keeps getting picked up,” referring to Friday’s Us Weekly report, which quoted unnamed sources claiming Hasselbeck had been fired because her unpopular political views clash with the show’s largely liberal audience.

Not true, said Babs, who told the audience:

“The truth is, we love Elisabeth.I like her personally and she’s just a wonderful person. But beyond that, we value and appreciate her point her view. It’s important to us because Elisabeth helps give this show perspective and balance. And believe me, she’s tougher than she looks, [having to] sit here for a decade and take the kind of guff we give her.”

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Barbara Walters has been stricken with an itchy, highly contagious viral disease that most people deal with as children: The 83-year-old TV veteran is being treated for chicken pox.

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It appears media maven Barbara Walters won’t be getting her “no-holds barred” interview with troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan after all. Team Lohan has pulled the plug on the provocative chat, which had been scheduled to air as an one-hour 20/20 primetime special on Nov. 16.

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