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Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Oprah Makes Bold Declaration About Barbara Walters
Oprah Makes Bold Declaration About Barbara Walters originally appeared on Parade. Oprah Winfrey is opening up about her decades-long friendship with Barbara Walters in the new documentaryBarbara Walters Tell Me Everything. Both women have long been celebrated as trailblazers in their respective fields, with Oprah sharing that she's learned a great deal from her friend, both professionally and personally The former talk show host also explained that Walters helped her make a very important decision about her family life, adding that her experience helped with her decision not to have children.'I remember her telling me once that there's nothing more fulfilling than having children and 'You should really think about it. And I was like, 'OK, but I'm looking at you, so, no,' The Oprah Winfrey Show host expressed, per Daily Beast. Walters had what Oprah described as a "complex" relationship with her only child, Jacqueline Dena Guber, whom she adopted with her ex-husband, Lee Guber. The strained relationship is addressed in Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything. 'You are a pioneer in your field, and you are trying to break the mold, for yourself and for women who are going to follow you. Something's going to have to give for that. And that is why I did not have children. I knew I could not do both well. Both are sacrifices. Sacrifice to do the work, and it's also sacrifice to be the mother and to say, 'No, let somebody else have that,' Oprah futher explained. Even though she has been in a relationship with Stedman Graham since 1986, the couple has never married or had children. Now, fans understand Walters' impact on Oprah's decision on the latter, and it's something Oprah doesn't regret. 'I have not had one regret about that,' she told People magazine as she looked back on the moments that changed her life. Walters passed away at the age of 93 in 2022. Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything premieres Monday, June 23, on Hulu. Oprah Makes Bold Declaration About Barbara Walters first appeared on Parade on Jun 14, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
News.com.au
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Oprah reveals one key reason she never had children
Oprah Winfrey candidly revealed how Barbara Walters' relationship with her daughter, Jacqueline Dena Guber, ultimately helped her decide she didn't want to have children of her own. 'I remember her telling me once, 'There's nothing more fulfilling than having children,' and 'You should really think about it,'' the media mogul recalled in the new documentary, 'Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything,' which premiered this week at the Tribeca Festival in the US. 'And I was like, 'OK, but I'm looking at you, so, no,'' she continued, describing Walters' relationship with her adopted child as 'charged' and 'complex.' She added, 'And I can see why. It's one of the reasons why I never had children.' In the spotlight documentary, Walters' fraught relationship with Jacqueline — whom she adopted with ex-husband Lee Guber in 1968 — is explored through the late journalist's lens in her own words and through archival footage. The media pioneer's ambition and dedication to her career became a hardship for Jacqueline throughout her childhood, which left Walters feeling 'guilty.' 'I didn't realise how tough it was, because she had a mother who was a celebrity,' Walters explained, via a voiceover, in the doc. 'We struggled through schools. And then finally, at one point, when she was 16, I guess, she ran away.' Walters' former ABC colleague and friend Cynthia McFadden clarified that 'Jackie had a father' and a governess, 'so it wasn't that Jackie was left alone on a playpen' while Walters focused on building her career. Still, 'Barbara articulated many times that she'd made mistakes as a mother.' Walters, who died at age 93 in 2022, and her daughter attempted to work on their relationship once Jacqueline reached adulthood. However, their connection remained fragile for years. 'As she got older, I think Barbara felt that the relationship was shaky. She didn't tell me enough of the facts to make me understand why she felt that way, but it seemed to me that she felt that she and Jackie had fallen out again,' McFadden shared. Winfrey, meanwhile, has remained steadfast in her decision to not have children. In 2017, the former talk show host said she doesn't regret her choice to stay childless, telling Good Housekeeping UK that she felt that her motherhood transcended the traditional biological definition of the term. 'When people were pressuring me to get married and have children, I knew I was not going to be a person that ever regretted not having them because I feel like I am a mother to the world's children,' Winfrey, 71, explained. 'Love knows no boundaries. It doesn't matter if a child came from your womb or if you found that person at age 1, 10 or 20. If the love is real, the caring is pure and it comes from a good space, it works.'
