[mom4kittys]

Ping

[BigSkyFreeper]

I think it's a little too soon to be coming out in public. That's just me of course.

[Fred Nerks]

Oh, I wish it was anyone other than Walters. She's so very insincere and artificial, the aussies will see straight through her...

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Much appreciated.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you So Very Much for the Ping, mom4kittys! (And Thank you for the Post, Aussie Dasher!) I Watch Very Little TV, but Look Forward to Seeing this Interview.

God Bless the Irwins, and Comfort them with His Grace.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for the ping.

I won't comment on the date, interviewer, etc because if Terri feels it's ok to do this that's good enough for me. Doesn't need to be politicized and picked apart.

[Sue Perkick]

Thanks for the ping.

I hope Terri is up to this. I'm really concerned about her. Even more since the memorial. I can still see that look of devastation on her face, even with the sunglasses.

I know she will protect Bindi with a passion. If BaBa WaWa steps over the line, I know that interview will end. And the sound of regret will be heard throughout the land.

I just hope Terri's ready. God bless her.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Thanks for the ping!

I saw the announcement when Barbara made it on the View. Right off the bat, I had such a bad feeling about Barbara doing this because of the way she worded it. Her words were, "I'm going to go to Brisbane, Australia, to do an interview with Terri Irwin and with their little girl, Bindi...The little boy is too young," Walters announced today.

It was the *way* she said it that made me think, "Ick!"

It's well-known because Barbara has stated herself that she doesn't like other people's children, for starters. Secondly, Barbara has enough of a generation gap with young children and babies that I always feel uncomfortable watching her trying to interview them. To me, she has a knack for saying the oddest things to children -- like Martha Stewart does. Neither can even relate to children and I've seen both make reference to children being brats. (Martha more than Babs, but anyway...)

I think that what this has to do with is that most likely Barbara jumped on the horn to her people to phone Stainton or Animal Planet saying that Babs would donate some huge dollar amount to Steve's charities if she were granted the first interview...*knowing* that Terri wouldn't want to turn down that amount of money if it was going to help Steve's mission.

Some of the Australian press has been reporting the tackiness of ABC for doing this so soon, but by the time the press had word of it, the contracts were probably signed.

I promise that if Barbara does or says anything out of line to either Terri or Bindi, I will boycott her to her end.

If hundreds of millions of people the world over are grieving Steve's passing, it is not even possible to imagine or measure the pain that the Irwins are feeling. It just can't be understood.