Barbara Walters is 'fine' despite reports of failing health
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}April 23, 2012: Photo, veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters arrives to the Matrix Awards in New York. Walters has fallen at an inauguration party in Washington and has been hospitalized, according to an ABC News spokesman, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. (AP)
Barbara Walters is in good health.
TMZ reported Friday that the former "20/20" host is "forgetful, fearful of falling, and isolated." But her rep, Cindi Berger, told Fox News, "I see Barbara every 2-3 weeks and she’s fine. I’m actually seeing her next week for tea. No truth to this."
The 87-year-old has had a storied career in broadcasting interviewing countless celebrities, public figures and newsmakers. She under went successful open heart surgery in 2010.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Barbara Walters arrives at the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine's naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year in New York April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - RTR3N6GB (REUTERS)
The co-creator of "The View" shared her surgery experience with Vanity Fair writing, "I remember Mike Nichols telling me, with a grin, that the best part of his bypass was the drugs. Other people who had had similar operations told me that I could expect to be depressed. I might not be myself for six months. All in all, open-heart surgery sounded as scary as hell."