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Stephen Colbert Interviews Barbara Walters Using Soft Focus Lens… On Himself

Tracie — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:20:00 EST

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed one of the most famous interviewers around — Barbara Walters. She was there to plug her annual 10 Most Fascinating People special, which airs tonight, and Stephen told her that her work has been an inspiration and an influence. Then he had the cameraman flip into Barbara's trademark soft focus and diffused lighting, which was only on Stephen, while Babs had to sit in harsh lighting with very sharpened details. Clip above.

Barbara Walters Bodysnarks Hillary Clinton's "Larger Bottom"

Tracie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

This morning on The View, the ladies were discussing Hillary Clinton's pantsuits, because Barbara Walters claims to have taken a part in Clinton switching from skirts to her now infamous style. (It had to do with a blizzard in 1996 and an interview or something.) Anyway, in setting up the anecdote, Babs, in so many words, said that the pantsuits were probably a good idea because of Clinton's ill-proportioned ass and thighs. The rest of the women on the panel—Clinton-hating Hasselback included—all got extremely uncomfortable and told Babs to not "go there." Clip above.

Barbara Walters Brags About Notches On Her Bedpost On Ellen

Tracie — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Barbara Walters' book tour for her memoir Audition is chugging along quite nicely and today it made a stop on Ellen. Babs joked about the number of sex partners she's had — the subject of which has been one of the most talked about features of her book — and told Ellen that the hundreds of names printed inside the front and back of the book is actually a list of all the people she's banged. (It's really a list of all the people she's interviewed in her career.) Ellen then points to her own name and says, "It was gonna be in my book, but alright." Clip above.

Barbara Walters Has Been Getting Kinda Nutty On Audition Press Tour

Tracie — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Barbara Walters was on Larry King Live last night in support of her just-released memoir Audition (not that the book even needs much hyping; it sold an unprecedented a quarter-million copies in under a week). Perhaps it's the fatigue caused by the press tour, or maybe it's a newfound embrace of silliness now that she's spilled her guts into that memoir, but Babs is starting to act really strange. She pulled a gag last night by painting her fist to look like a face and talked to Larry in a weird voice. We're thinking that maybe this is an inside joke for the 75+ set. Clip above.