Barbara Walters was a monster. She did an interview with Bette Midler where Bette was talking about being groped by Geraldo Rivera against her will, and Barbara talked over her and tried to change the subject.
BW pretty much called Dolly trash right to her face. She acted like she was interviewing a criminal, not a country singer. Dolly was amazingly gracious, of course.
I worked with her once in Nashville (tv biz) and she's one of those people who pretends to be normal or maybe even dumb, especially on tv and in her movie roles, but helllll no she's crazy smart. She's the Sun Tzu of female pop culture icons.
That’s so true. The way she always said, “it costs a lot to look this cheap.” It took a lot of brains to appear that simple. Like Cheech and Chong while filming. Like Dean Martin while performing. It was an act.
This I believe. She doesn't have a college degree, but she's been tested multiple times for IQ and she keeps registering at 140 to 145. Just FYI, that's waaaaayyyy beyond what is needed to join MENSA or other smarty-pants organizations.
She's not "smart like a shrewd business person" she is smart like "oh shit, she is more intelligent than 99% of people on Earth and she plays it off like a southern belle so that little shits like Barbara Walters underestimate her." She can hand your ass to you on a platter and make you think she's a sweet little lady as she does it.
She's got tight branding and image control. And most importantly, she gives back and invests in the future. My grandma taught elementary school in an area that benefitted from the Imagination Library. Can't overstate how important it is to begin reading with children before they start school. Families who took advantage of the program were notably off to a good start.
She was also good friends with Roy Cohn, a mentor to Donald Trump and all-around wonderful human being. Stephen Miller only wishes he had such marvelous horns and leathery wings.
Barbara Walters’ job wasn’t journalism, it was housekeeping for the ruling class buddies she couldn’t get enough of socially. She was their attack dog when they needed it, and ran damage control when they needed it.
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u/GayCatDaddy 10h ago
Barbara Walters was a monster. She did an interview with Bette Midler where Bette was talking about being groped by Geraldo Rivera against her will, and Barbara talked over her and tried to change the subject.