{"id":533233,"date":"2023-01-01T02:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T23:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/barbara-walters-most-fascinating-interviews-in-her-career\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T02:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T23:07:44","slug":"barbara-walters-most-fascinating-interviews-in-her-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/barbara-walters-most-fascinating-interviews-in-her-career\/","title":{"rendered":"#Barbara Walters&#8217; most fascinating interviews in her career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2879abbe9c1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2879abbe9c1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/barbara-walters-most-fascinating-interviews-in-her-career\/#%E2%80%9CBarbara_Walters_most_fascinating_interviews_in_her_career%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Barbara Walters&#8217; most fascinating interviews in her career&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBarbara_Walters_most_fascinating_interviews_in_her_career%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Barbara Walters&#8217; most fascinating interviews in her career&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Barbara Walters, the pioneering broadcaster and grande dame of celebrity journalism, made her mark when she was only 34 years old. It was the day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 and Walters was then a reporter on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday Show\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Host Hugh Downs turned it over to a very young-looking and somber <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tP5YgL0Avos\">Walters, who proceeded to give a detailed, flawless and moving 5-minute report<\/a> \u2014 without benefit of a teleprompter or video footage \u2014 about what she saw and heard in Manhattan in the hours after JFK\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p>Walters\u2019 poise and articulation in the middle of one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories of the century foreshadowed an astonishing career of more than 50 years in front of the camera.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to interview 10 US presidents in her lifetime. But as the news became more intertwined with showbiz, Walters really hit her stride, drawing up to 70 million viewers for her sometimes controversial, sometimes poignant, often pointed and provocative interviews with celebrities and news-makers.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of her most fascinating interviews:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump <\/strong>\u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5TwVCuPJrMw\">Sitting uncomfortably close to one another<\/a>, when Trump\u2019s businesses were on the precipice, Walters did not hold back when grilling the future president in 1990 about his precarious finances. Trump attempted to wave away doubts about his wealth as \u201clies\u201d and claimed bankers had told him he was \u201cstronger than ever.\u201d But Walters wasn\u2019t having it. She announced Trump was on the \u201cverge of bankruptcy\u201d and had been \u201cbailed out by the banks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-trump.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Walters, Donald Trump\" class=\"wp-image-25199864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-trump.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-trump.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-trump.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Walters spoke with Donald Trump in 1978. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00c2\u00a9ABC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSkating on thin ice and almost drowning, that\u2019s a businessman to be admired?\u201d asked Walters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Christie<\/strong> \u2013 Walters started off the<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lY9bxcuGFM\"> 2012 sitdown with the portly Republican New Jersey governor<\/a> by admitting she felt \u201cvery uncomfortable asking this question,\u201d before noting, \u201cYou are a little overweight.\u201d Christie chimed in, affably, saying he was \u201cmore than a little.\u201d Walters paused for a minute before asking, \u201cWhy?\u201d Said Christie: \u201cIf I could figure that out, I\u2019d fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Barbara Walters, Chris Christie\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        In 2012, Walters interviewed former Governor Chris Christie as part of a Disney special called \u201cBarbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012.\u201d                                  <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Disney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Entertainment Content<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Walters, Chris Christie\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        Walters sat down with the former governor.                                  <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Disney General Entertainment Con<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n                            Advertisement                       <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Walters, Chris Christie, wife\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-chris-christie-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        The interview was released as a 90-minute special alongside 9 other interviews.                                     <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Disney General Entertainment Con<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n                            Advertisement                       <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Brooke Shields<\/strong> \u2013 Shields, now,  57,  complained in November that she felt taken advantage of by Walters\u2019 biting questions <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7bl92avzgzA\">during a 1981 sitdown with her mother, Teri Shields<\/a>, shortly after <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cD3zMCWwQeo\">Shields\u2019 famous Calvin Klein jeans campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked me what my measurements were and asked me to stand up,\u201d Shields, who was 15 at the time, told Drew Barrymore. \u201cAnd I stand up, and she was like comparing herself to this little girl. And I thought, \u2018This isn\u2019t right. I don\u2019t understand what this is.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I just behaved and just smiled,\u201d she said, acknowledging that she \u201cfelt so taken advantage of in so many ways.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>Monica Lewinsky<\/strong> \u2013 Walters scooped the world with her 1998 interview with Lewinsky after her scandalous affair with then-president Bill Clinton, garnering 74 million viewers in the process. Walters grilled Lewinsky about whether she still was in love with Clinton. Lewinsky said: \u201cNo. Sometimes I have warm feelings. Sometimes I\u2019m proud of him still, and sometimes I hate his guts. And, he makes me sick.\u201d Walters asked Lewinsky, \u201cWhat will you tell your children, when you have them?\u201d Lewinsky said simply: \u201cMommy made a big mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-monica-lewinsky.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Barbara Walters, Monica Lewinsky,\" class=\"wp-image-25199849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-monica-lewinsky.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-monica-lewinsky.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-monica-lewinsky.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The innovative journalist also sat down with Monica Lewinsky in 1999. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00c2\u00a9ABC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Fidel Castro<\/strong> \u2013 When Walters flew to Havana <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rxz1IG2UEVY\">to interview Castro in 1977<\/a> she expected a lot of pugnacity and suspicion. Instead, she said, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/culture\/features\/a1453\/when-walters-met-castro-0214\/\">it turned into a 10-day adventure<\/a> which included her driving around Cuba in Castro\u2019s open Jeep \u2014 and sometimes holding his gun. Castro took her to the Bay of Pigs and Sierra Maestra, the mountainous region where Castro lived and trained with his rebel fighters before overthrowing Batista in 1959.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-fidel-castro.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Walters, Fidel Castro with cameraman in car\" class=\"wp-image-25199848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-fidel-castro.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-fidel-castro.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-fidel-castro.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Walters rides along with Fidel Castro during her 1977 interview. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Christopher Reeve<\/strong> \u2013 Walters <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3-4E-SXEjHE\">sat face-to-face with the actor in 1995<\/a> not long after he was rendered a quadriplegic in a freak horse-riding accident. Walters drilled down on the details of his accident, as well as Reeve\u2019s difficulties being paralyzed \u2014 and how sometimes his air hose could get disconnected by mistake at night and he could only hope someone would get to him in time. Walters\u2019 questions didn\u2019t spare Reeve but the emotion showed on her face.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-christopher-reeve.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Christopher Reeve, Barbara Walters\" class=\"wp-image-25199857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-christopher-reeve.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-christopher-reeve.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-christopher-reeve.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Christopher Reeve was interviewed in 2002 at his upstate New York home.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Muammar Gaddafi <\/strong>\u2013 In January 1989, when the Libyan dictator was flying high and enjoying his power, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/WNT\/video\/moammar-gadhafi-barbara-walters-interview-14783467\">Walters flew to Tripoli to interview him<\/a> in one of his famous tents. Gaddafi criticized American leaders and called the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \u201cZionists\u201d out to get him. Walters called him \u201ccrazy\u201d in the interview but later backtracked in the ABC studios speaking to George Stephanopoulos. \u201cHe was crazy like a fox,\u201d Walters said. \u201cHe thought that he was going to be the king of the whole Arab world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ricky Martin<\/strong> \u2013  The singer said last year that his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NSHsdcWSyCs\">grueling sit-down with Walters <\/a>in 2000 left him with PTSD. Ten years before he would come out as gay, Walters goaded him to address the gossip: \u201cYou could stop these rumors,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Barbara Walters and Ricky Martin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        Walters spoke with performer Ricky Martin on \u201cThe View\u201d in 2010.                                    <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Disney General Entertainment Content<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Barbara Walters\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-ricky-martin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        Walters was on \u201cThe View\u201d for 17 years.                                     <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Disney General Entertainment Content<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n                            Advertisement                       <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou could say, \u2018Yes I am gay or no I\u2019m not.\u2019\u2009\u201d Coolly, Martin responded, \u201cI just don\u2019t feel like it.\u201d Years later, Walters said she regretted asking him about his sexuality. \u201c\u201cI pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he refused to do it made everyone decide that he was,\u201d she said in 2010. \u201cA lot of people say that destroyed his career, and when I think back on it now, I feel it was an in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Tyson and Robin Givens<\/strong> \u2013 Seven months after the then-heavyweight champion and actress Givens married in 1988, the couple made the dubious decision <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8PmV_vsYgPI&amp;t=36s\">to be interviewed by Walters<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-mike-tyson.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"On &quot;The Barbara Walters Special&quot; in 1988, Barbara Walters interviewed heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson and his wife, actress Robin Givens.  \" class=\"wp-image-25199860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-mike-tyson.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-mike-tyson.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/barbara-walters-mike-tyson.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>On \u201cThe Barbara Walters Special\u201d in 1988, Barbara Walters interviewed heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson and his wife, actress Robin Givens.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tyson sat next to Givens, who starred in ABC\u2019s \u201cHead of the Class,\u201d while she described being married to him as \u201ctorture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine.\u201d Asked Walters, \u201cDoes he hit you?\u201d Givens paused for a beat, then said, \u201cHe shakes. He pushes. He swings. Sometimes I think he\u2019s trying to scare me \u2026 He\u2019s got a side to him that is scary. There are times when I thought I could handle it, and just recently, I\u2019ve become afraid. I mean very, very much afraid.\u201d The pair, not surprisingly, divorced a few months later.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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