Bahbrahpahlooza

Hi Babs!!! Luvs you!

As you ALL know (or maybe not – maybe some of you are new readers. If so, welcome!), Barbara Walters appeared on Oprah this afternoon discussing her new book, “Audition,” a memoir about her life. And boy, is this interview JUICY. I was so damn titillated – yes, titillated – by old Babs; that I had to write this up immediately.

The show starts out with the usual pleasantries. Who is truly the Queen of all media? Oprah? Babs? I think we all know that Oprah beats the socks off of Barbara, but Oprah concedes early on in a move that shocked me. I think it has something to do with respecting our elders.


Anyway, the two start off discussing “The View,” perhaps the best/worst talk show of all time consisting of four to five chicks sitting around discussing kids, menopause, and whether or not the world is flat. <3Sherri Shephard<3 Babs dishes first on the ousting of Star Jones – how she hated that she couldn’t tell anyone about Star’s gastric bypass even though it was so d’uh! How Star was a publicity whore trying to get loads of free crap for her beard-y marriage to Al Reynolds. How Star spilled the beans on the air about being fired by Babbity-babs two days before she was supposed to – oops! True to form, Barbara says that they’ve made peace and can now greet each other civilly. Right.

Then comes Rosie (or Wooosie, if Babs is saying it…sorry, low-blow). Babs claims that Rosie has “emotional issues” which were fully aired on the show; slightly true. Rosie admits that she has depression, I just don’t think she would refer to herself as Babs does. She also calls Rosie a bus driver…it was a weird analogy. THEN the Donald Trump feud. Actually, no new facts. They fought – big deal. But according to Babs, Rosie is a RAGE-A-HOLIC!!! She wouldn’t talk about it extensively (sadpants!) but I envision chairs flying and dressing room fires. Ooooooo that would be awesome. And then, the subject turned to Elizabeth/RosieGate. If you don’t remember:



I love this shit. LOVE it. Babs just touches on, merely grazes, the back and forth, and also discusses her hurt feelings from Rosie’s own mediocre book.

And now, let’s hear it for the boys!!! She talks briefly about her exes, and then Oprah brings up the topic we’ve all been waiting for with baited breath – her affair with former (married and black) Senator Edward Brooke.




In her book, Babs calls Brooke “simply the most attractive, sexiest, funniest, charming, and impossible man. I was excited, fascinated, intrigued and infatuated.” The two met at a restaurant and Babs liked his “rascally” grin. She was also implies that she was SUPER turned on by the fact that it was a secret and that it could ruin both of their careers. The affair lasted for TWO YEARS, and when Babs threatened to leave him, he divorced his wife. Babs says she was infatuated with him, but won’t admit that she was in love. She also feels guilt over what happened to him in his career (he didn’t get re-elected) after news of his divorce came out.


Other fun facts we learned about Baaaaahbrahhh:

· She vacations with Judge Judy! Yes, Judge “don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining” Judy!




· She has been married three times! Damn girl!

· She has a daughter, Jackie, who is adopted, is 6’1”, and a former drug addict

· If you want to make Barbara cry, talk to her about her disabled sister Jackie. You sadist bastard!

The rest of the interview was pretty vanilla. She discussed her family and its drama, which was OK, but I didn’t really think you’d all care about that. Probably because I only paid half-hearted attention to it myself. She’ll be doing another interview with Peter Gibson on 20/20, an hour-long special, tomorrow night. I’m going to watch it, but I’m not sure it’s going to offer anything new or interesting. I’d like to say that this made me want to read the book, but I’d be lying. This Oprah special was exactly what I wanted out of the book – the gory details with none of the boring middle crap. Thanks Oprah!

Quick postscript: How awesome was Gossip Girl last night??? SPOILER ALERT!




First of all, I saw Eric being gay coming from a mile away. Come on, GG, that was a total given. But still, a nice plot twist. Always good to have a gay character for some added drama – like David on 90210! Wait… Then there was Serena’s confession to Blair. SO JUICY! SO OVER THE TOP! BUT really??? Really?!? Hmmm did she and Georgina actually kill some dude post-coital? Or did he just accidentally die? I am just a little bit concerned about how they’re gonna weave this one back into the relative normalcy on the UES. We’ll just have to wait. And watch. Definitely watch.

xoxo L