“This 140-year-old woman just tried to, like, tackle me!”
Steele told Megyn Kelly.
Barbara Waltersalways fought for the best story sometimes physically, according to fellow broadcaster Sage Steele.
Sage Steele and Barbara Walters.Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images; Donna Svennevik/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
“I was like ‘What did this mmmm just do to me?
This 140-year-old woman just tried to, like, tackle me!
What is happening right now?”
Later in the segment, Steele stated thatWhoopi Goldbergand some of the show’s producers witnessed the alleged altercation.
“Whoopi saw it, and she was like ‘come here,'” Steele recalled.
Steele said she was stunned by the entire episode.
She remembered thinking, “Am I in a movie right now?
A legend…one of the legends in this industry just tried to beat me up!”
Representatives forThe Viewand Goldberg did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
This isn’t the first claim of Walters’ physical aggression.
The broadcaster had worked there since 2007.
