What’s that we hear? Is Babs Walters ‘fessing up to tanking Ricky Martin’s pop career?
Walters sat down with the Ricky at the height of his dominance over the Billboard charts and went on a relentless campaign to force Ricky out of the closet. The veteran newswoman, 80, regrets trying to force the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” crooner to open up about his heavily-rumored homosexuality in a 2000 interview. It’s the one interview Barbara regrets in more than 50 year career in journalism, and she fears the “inappropriate” questioning may have had an adverse effect on Martin’s pop career in America.
After 29 years, Barbara Walters is bidding farewell to her annual pre-awards show special. On The View Monday, Babs revealed that next month’s Oscar interview special will be her last.
“ABC has asked me to keep doing these specials as they have been so successful. I’m thrilled we have such great stars and have such a wonderful show for this last one – but to be honest, I feel like I’ve ‘been there, done that,’” Walters confided to fans on this morning’s program.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures and it sounds like The Peacock could use a life preserver. Barbara Walters says NBC News tried to hire her back last June, but she decided to stay at ABC.
First Lady Michelle Obama has been named the year’s “Most Fascinating Person” by veteran ABC journalist Barbara Walters.
Mrs. Obama bested pop star Lady Gaga, Republican Sarah Palin, crooner Adam Lambert, Michael Jackson’s children, and the First Lady of South Carolina to take the top honor in Babs’ cast of 2009′s Top 10 most memorable people. Read the rest of this entry »
The elusive children of late pop great Michael Jackson are among the people who fascinated veteran newswoman Barbara Walters’ this year.
Babs’ upcoming special, The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009, will include a profile of the late King of Pop’s kids: Paris, 12, Prince Michael, 11, and seven-year-old Blanket: ABC said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
