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Barbara Walters admits affair with African-American senator

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NEW YORK (AP) -- 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."

A moderate Republican from Massachusetts who took office in 1967, Brooke was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the Senate. Both he and Walters knew that public knowledge of their affair could have ruined his career as well as hers, Walters says.

At the time, the twice-divorced Walters was a rising star in TV news and co-host of NBC's "Today" show, but would soon jump to ABC News, where she has enjoyed unrivaled success. Her affair with Brooke, which never before came to light, had ended before he lost his bid for a third term in 1978.
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4 responses // Barbara Walters admits affair with African-American senator

  • 1) Why do I care about love affairs among celebrities?

    2) Once again, the media promoting infidelity as the norm.
    Binarysunset
  • Infidelity isn't the norm?
    Neghie
  • If it is, then that's sad.

    I just don't like the way the mass media tends to "promote" things like this as "cool" or "sexy".

    It's wrong & people who behave that way should feel ashamed.

    oh, wait, no one in America is ashamed about anything anymore.

    My bad.
    Binarysunset
  • The point of the story is that she has sex with a black man, kept it secret and now the world is ready for interracial relations...is it 2008 or 1968?
    1love

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