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Oprah Winfrey There is 71, and despite the fact that the television personality has been in a relationship for almost four decades, there are still no children in television personalities.
Recently the truth of his decision to refrain from motherhood came to light, and proves Barbara Walters was a role. In the upcoming documentary, “Barbara Walters: Tell me everything,” Winfrey tells how Walters acted as a cautious example.
Despite the late journalist encouragement, he experiences parenting, Oprah says he is looking closely at Walters’ complex relationship with his adopted daughter and decided that maternity was not for him.
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On Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival, Winfrey recalled how Barbara Walters urged her to consider motherhood.
“I remember he told me once that there was nothing more satisfying than having children and” you should really think about it “,” Winfrey said Daily beast.
However, the television producer could not pass the Walters in the life of Walters, with his daughter’s adopted daughter Jacks under heartache and emotional exertion. “And I was like ‘ok, but I look at you, yes, no,” the 71-year-old said.
Winfrey still described the relationship between Walters and Jacks as “charged” and “complicated”, adding “and I can see why. That’s one of the reasons I never had children.”
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Winfrey also stated that Walters’ ambition often collided with his mother role, leaving wounds that never healed completely.
“You are a pioneer in your field and you are trying to break the mold for yourself and the women who follow you. Something must be given to it,” he said in the documentary.
Seeing how Walters struggled to balance both tasks, Winfrey made a conscious decision to follow the different path.
“And that’s why I had no children. I knew [a] The victim is a mother and say, “No, let someone else be,” “Winfrey said.
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The TV host revealed that Walters never considered giving up their careers to focus on parenting. “I’ve never heard the story, read the story and based on what I know about Barbara Walters – Barbara Walters has never said,” Don’t let someone else take the story, “” Winfrey said.
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Barbara Walters may have loved Jackiie and wanted him to be as career -driven as he was. However, the “20/20” star said he did not know that it was very difficult for his daughter.
“I didn’t realize how difficult it was because she had a mother who was a celebrity,” Walters said through the film’s voting right.
“We fought through schools. And then finally, at one point when he was 16, I think he fled,” he said. Walters confirmed that Jackie ran around the country, sinking with friends she didn’t know.
One time, one mother sent a former green Bereret to collect her daughter after she found out she was New Mexico.
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Jackie also confirmed that the celebrity mother taxed. When Walters’ long -time friend Cynthia McFadden interviewed Jackieia’s mother’s 2001 adoption “born in my heart: a love story”, she said “as a child of a famous woman” was more difficult than adoption.
Despite all his achievements, one of the biggest names in television history, Walters hoped he had spent more time with Jacks.
“Are you going to say with your death bed,” I hope I spent more time in the office? “No. You say,” I hope I spent more time with my family “and I feel so. I wish I had more time with my Jackie program,” he said with his 2014 specialBarbara Walters: His story tv. “
In fact, Walters tried to fix their relationship with Jackiie. At first, their bandage healed as Jackie grew into adulthood, but things eventually returned to how they were before.
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“As I got older, I think Barbara felt that the relationship was shocking. He didn’t tell me enough facts to make me understand why he felt so, but I felt that he and Jackie had fallen again,” McFadden said.
Towards the end of his career, he often asked his friends pictures of his children and grandchildren.
Unfortunately, all journalists can remind them of how lucky they were because he could not take their joy.
McFadden said People magazine“He told everyone,” I admire your relationship with your child. “He was very sorry for his family life.