Hmmm….word has it that in her recently released memoirs, “Audition”, Barbara Walters let it all hang out till it dragged the ground. The book has been called “explosive”. Interesting.

I caught her interview on Oprah. Am I surprised that she wrote such a book? Her memoirs? No. Am I surprised by some of the things she shared? A little. What I found most interesting are the things I’m sure made most folks stand up and take notice.

1. Her take on the whole deal with Star Jones Reynolds. Here’s what I don’t get – Barbara positions herself as this woman of integrity, a truth-teller. And she sits on national TV and lies for/with Jones? Over something like weight-loss surgery (oops! I meant pilates and portion control)? I don’t get that. If that’s the lie story Jones’ wanted to tell so be it but I wouldn’t have put my integrity on the lie for what folks already knew as a bold-faced lie. AND my :”friends” would know better than to ask me to lie in the first place.

2. Her take on the whole deal with Rosie. Again, Barbara says she went along with what O’Donnell wanted as far as her feud with Donald Trump. Why? What da hell? I can understand why Trump contacted Walters when the first “shot” was fired — it’s her show AND he and Walters are friends. I understand why Walters tried to squash it. But after that? I would have told O’Donnell she was on her own. “You f*d it up, you clean it up.”

3. Her affair with a married African-American senator. Not sure what surprises me more – the fact that she had an affair…or the fact that the man involved was African-American. And was it just me or did she appear to still be a bit goo-goo eyed when talking about the former Senator? I know this affair was a surprise to most people but it wasn’t as “undercover” as most of us think which is another reason Walters ended the affair.

An interesting interview. Pretty “fluffy” though. *shrug* I was a bit put off by the fact that Walters’ kept saying “I didn’t think we were going to go there” or “I’d like NOT to talk about that”. WTH? What did Walters *THINK* she was going to talk about?! I know she’s “Barbara Walters” but be for real. Sheesh!

Oh, and the “sistah” moment between Walters and Winfrey as they both declared that – even though they’d each had an affair with a married man – they have never been anyone’s “mistress”. Um. Ok. As if any other name that people attach to that type of relationship makes it better. Whateva.

Walters has led a most interesting life – from her affair, to the tumultuous “The View”, her family history and her career in journalism. I’m certainly not surprised she wrote her memoirs – I’m sure she’s been approached many times over to do just that. Walters admits that she was reluctant because in addition to writing about the hard climb she had in the field of journalism, she’d have to also open up about her personal life. Well…I’d say she definitely went there.

AND…ya’ll know Ms. Star Jones’ Reynolds was NOT happy with the Oprah interview or the book. According to US magazine, Reynolds had this to say,

“It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book,” Jones told Us. “It speaks to her true character.”

Star? Baby…Sistah…Girl…

I say this to you from a place of love: LET.IT.GO. Seriously.