Barbara Walters Feels Sorry For Palin

During a View discussion on the Giffords shooting, Barbara Walters said that she feels sorry for Sarah Palin, who she feels is being unfairly singled-out in the wake of the Arizona shooting. All four members of the panel had strongly denounced Palin's crosshairs map when it was first published.

Anderson Cooper Slams The View For Comments On John Boehner's Crying

Cooper puts the ladies of The View on his "Ridiculist" for mocking John Boehner's habit of crying during public speeches.

Quote Of The Day - Barbara Walters

"This guy, I'm sorry, he's gonna be Speaker of the House, and he's not gonna invite me to his Christmas party, but this guy has an emotional problem that every time he talks about anything that's not 'raise taxes' he cries. If this were a woman, if you saw Nancy Pelosi, who's been villified, and I'm not taking sides, if you saw her getting up and crying... I hope he's a good Speaker of the House, but he's got a problem." - Barbara Walters, on yesterday's episode of the View.

Oprah: I Am Totally NOT A Lesbian

Oprah Winfrey is sick and tired of all those lesbian rumors about her and gal pal Gayle King. And she's let Barbara Walters know that in no uncertain terms: "I'm not a lesbian. I'm not even kind of a lesbian. And the reason why it irritates me is because it means that somebody must think I'm lying. That's number one. Number two ... why would you want to hide it? That is not the way I run my life!"

A Big Gay Welcome Back To Barbara

Barbara Walters returned to the cast of The View yesterday after a long hiatus due to heart surgery. As a surprise at the end of the show, Mario Cantone sang a version of Hello Dolly to her with the backing of four chorus boys and an orchestra.

Barbara Walters To Get Heart Surgery

On today's episode of The View, host Barbara Walters announced that she will be taking a hiatus from the show to undergo heart valve replacement surgery.

"Later this week, I'm going to have surgery to replace one faulty heart valve," Walters said, opening the show with news, which she had only revealed to her cohosts that morning. "You kept it secret very well, Barbara," Joy Behar said, and Walters explained, "I thought it best not to talk about it too far in advance." Walters, who said that she has known about her faulty valve for awhile, discovered it during an echocardiogram, and explained she and her doctors agreed, "Since the summer is coming up, I can take a nice vacation." Recovery can be anywhere from a month to three months, she said.

Walters is 80 years old.