Barbara Walters Affair with Republican Senator Edward Brooke

Barbara Walters has admitted to having an affair with married U.S Senator Edward Brooke in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, that is scheduled to air next Tuesday.

The View creator and veteran newswoman had a passionate affair with Massachusetts Republican, who was the first African-American to be elected by a popular vote to the Senate, for several years in the 1970s.

Barbara will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote her upcoming autobiography, Audition: A Memoir, which is set to hit bookstore shelves May 6th.

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Barbara Walters began her career as a TV morning news anchor on NBC’s Today , followed by 25 years as a co-host of ABC’s newsmagazine 20/20. Through the years, she has interviewed such world figures as Russia's Boris Yeltsin, China's Premier Jiang Zemin, Great Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Libya's Moammar Qaddaffi and Iraq's President Sadaam Hussein. She was the first American journalist to interview Russia's President Vladimir Putin and the first to interview the President and Mrs. Bush following September 11. Barbara’s new book, Audition, reveals the forces that shaped her extraordinary life. Barbara writes with candor about her private life and professional career, reflecting on the choices she has made, the work she has done, the people she has met, the heartbreak she has faced, and the challenges she has coped with and overcome.

WHEN
Monday, May 19
11:00 a.m. — Book signing* and Registration,15th floor
Noon — Lunch, 16th floor
12:25 p.m. — Remarks and Q&A
1:00 — Adjourn