NEW YORK (AP) - entertainmentminute 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. More disgustment here:
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. More disgustment here:
Uh-huh -- and he was "moderate, why? Cuz he was banging some lib jourrrrnalist? Are there any "moderate" Democrats? No, I didn't think so.
Hey -- Baba Wawa -- did you ever ruin anyone's career by "exposing" them? If you did, why did you ruin theirs and not yours?
UPDATE: Ace addresses this on his blog also -- with the title of "IT'S TWOO, IT'S TWOO." Now how in the hell did I let that one get by me?
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