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BARBARA WALTERS - WALTERS' AFFAIR WITH MARRIED SENATOR ALMOST ENDED HER CAREER
U.S. broadcaster BARBARA WALTERS has confessed to a passionate affair with a married senator during the 1970s - but she ended it after it almost destroyed her career.
In her upcoming memoirs, Auditions, Walters admits to an affair with former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke following the breakdown of her two previous marriages.
Walters claims Brooke, the first black member of the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction, was so in love with her he told his wife he wanted a divorce.
But when his wife tried to reveal the affair to the National Enquirer, the couple ended the relationship.
She writes, "I slowly began asking myself if we could ever be married. Would such a marriage destroy his career? Would it destroy mine?"
The 78-year-old also writes about Star Jones' "lies" and Rosie O'Donnell's "diva-like" antics.
05/02/2008 12:20:53 PM
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Cindi 
(1)
posted on 08/05/2008 02:30
It's more likely the affair Walters revealed would increase remembrances of Edward
Brooke and his work. I certainly have been interested in finding out about a man
who spent time with a woman I admire. Whether it’s Barbara, Donald, Oprah, You, Me
– the objective is the same - publicity. She’ll sell books and Brooke will be studied
possibly more than he has been in years. Bravo to both. Hell, maybe this is a brilliantly
placed news topic for the Republican Party. Now there’s a cleverly orchestrated sc
andal.
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suziebell ( 1)
posted on 09/05/2008 01:45
What is Barbara Walters doing, bringing up all of these things in her book, only
tarnishing her image more and hurting the senator's family. She must be getting
senile!!!
