She as soon as interviewed the world’s most fascinating individuals, however now Barbara Walters’ whereabouts are of curiosity.
Followers of “The View” expressed fear on-line concerning the present’s co-founder after Whoopi Goldberg wished the enduring broadcaster a contented belated 93rd birthday.
A photograph of Walters appeared throughout Tuesday’s episode, to which “the “Sister Act” star stated, “To the one and solely Barbara Walters, who had a birthday yesterday, we wanna say, 27 by no means regarded so good.”
“The View,” which is at present airing its twenty sixth season, additionally honored Walters in a tweet, which received viewers questioning what she’s been as much as since retiring back in 2014. The previous anchor and “20/20” co-host has not been seen out in public since dropping out of the spotlight.
Whereas there have been numerous “Happy Birthday, Barbara” tweets from followers, others turned curious concerning the as soon as public determine who as soon as helmed “ABC Night Information” nightly.
“No shade however Is Barbara nonetheless alive I really feel I by no means hear about her,” one tweeter asked.
“I’m questioning the identical factor. Haven’t seen her sense [sic] 2017 I imagine,” another added.
The Publish has reached out to Walters’ rep for remark.
A source claimed to RadarOnline on Tuesday that she has reportedly been affected by superior dementia, “spending her ultimate days in a tragic jail of ache.”
“Barbara suffers from exhaustion and fatigue, in addition to anxiousness and agitation,” the nameless insider alleged. “She’s very frail and spends a substantial amount of the day napping.”
Walters has not publicly introduced any prognosis or well being points.
In 2020, Jenny McCarthy claimed that Walters wasn’t doing nicely, however her rep shot down McCarthy’s allegations.
“I heard that she’s in a spot of not doing nice, and I simply talked to Sherri Shepherd about it and we’re sending some playing cards over to her,” McCarthy told Us Weekly on the time. “That girl is a juggernaut that’ll simply preserve going it doesn’t matter what.”
“I see her each two to 3 weeks and she or he’s doing simply effective,” her rep stated in rebuttal.
In Might 2010, Walters introduced she was having open-heart surgical procedure.
“You understand how I at all times inform you how wholesome I’m. … I’ve by no means missed a day’s work,” Walters said at the time on “The View.”
“Later this week, I’m going to have surgical procedure to exchange one defective coronary heart valve. A number of individuals have finished this, and I’ve recognized about this situation for some time now.”
On Twitter, some customers claimed the present “hasn’t been the same” since she left, with one person even writing, “she would have been embarrassed at what this present has change into.”
“The present actually went to [poop emoji] after Barbara Walters left,” one particular person chimed in. “Hope she has a contented birthday and may want some sense & decency again into, ‘The View.’”
