Here I am, with a copy of Barbara Walters' new about-to-be-much-hyped autobiography, "Audition," open on my lap. I stare down at the pages. The words are searing, soaring, and salacious...I wonder: Is this Jackie Collins or the great Babs Walters?
You've heard by now: She admits to an affair with the long-gone Massachusetts senator - and African American Republican - Edward W. Brooke. It's right here. On page 254. Let me quote...
Oh damn. I can't. This is embargoed until next Tuesday, when it goes on sale. But lemme tell ya - this is a side of Babs I never knew. Let's call it the "fun" side. (Controversial side? Perhaps that too - Brooke was married at the time.)
Babs does talk about this to the other queen - that'd be Oprah - on next Tuesday's show. The AP's Frazier Moore got a look at the transcript of the pre-taped show. Here's the top of his story: "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..."
I wish I could tell you what Babs has to say about Rosie, and Star, and Meredith, and...
We'll all have to wait until next week....sorry.