Posted on 05/01/2008 12:33:47 PM PDT by tobyhill
NEW YORK (AP) -- After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."
Appearing on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s, according to a transcript of the show provided to The Associated Press.
A moderate Republican from Massachusetts who took office in 1967, Brooke was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the Senate. Both he and Walters knew that public knowledge of their affair could have ruined his career as well as hers, Walters says.
At the time, the twice-divorced Walters was a rising star in TV news and co-host of NBC's "Today" show, but would soon jump to ABC News, where she has enjoyed unrivaled success. Her affair with Brooke, which never before came to light, had ended before he lost his bid for a third term in 1978.
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Well, looks like Ms. WahWah didn't entirely escape any speech impediment herself. Making fun of her kept Saturday Live at the top of the charts for years..
Karma works.
I knew Babs looked old.
Just don’t say it was Nancy Pelosi. I will have nightmares for months.
probably why Frank Reynolds didn’t like her...he knew she was a slutty tramp.
Thanks for the info. I suppose she must have alot of guilt about that.
Luckily it couldn’t be Nancy she’s not in the Senate, whew :)
It appears that the Jane Curtain character on the old SNL weekend update was modeled on Ms. Walters.
Barbra you ignorant slut!
Could she lose any more dignity? The View and now this? She should have just gone away quietly in life.
Too bad, when I saw the headline I was hoping it would turn out to be an affair with Hillary! :^)
..... or with Jon Cary, that would have been amusing too.
“...comes clean.”
I wouldn’t put it that way, exactly.
Seems like a conflict of interest to me.
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Brooke
Brooke...
often had conflicts with President Richard Nixon, particularly in 1970, when Brooke helped lead the movement to stop the Senate confirmation of the President's nominee to the Supreme Court, Harrold Carswell. Brooke was re-elected in 1972, defeating Democrat John J. Droney 62%-34%. However, he lost much of his popularity during his second term after a contentious and widely-publicized divorce. He lost a bid for a third term in the Senate elections of 1978 in the general election to Paul Tsongas. He remains, as of 2008, the last Republican senator from Massachusetts.
Barbara Boxer or Dianne Feinstein?
You’re right it was Tsongas. Brooke’s divorce was a spectacle. Sounds like Babba Wah-Wah was the other woman.
Barbra has quite the reputation in Vegas.......
She did it to dig up some secret sleaze on a Republican. It's what reporters do.
The only thing that stays in Vegas is your money.
“Why do you think she’s telling about it now?”
That is the question. One reason is because of Obama, but then again she may be trying to damage Republicans, but that isn’t going to work in this case.
Why do you think?
So what? She wants a medal?
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