Paris Hilton. Photo Credit: Splash News
June 25, 2007(Sawf News): Anchor Barbara Walters told the New York Post that though she had already prepared to interview hotel heiress Paris Hilton, her conscience drove her to change her mind at the last minute.
"Look, I've done prison interviews before, but people like the Menendez Brothers were really important news stories," said the creator and cohost of The View. "This wasn't. And even though I'd already written my questions, when all that pay-for-play stuff happened, I suddenly felt this was not up to my standard. It...felt...sort of …tawdry.”
“The whole thing somehow was beneath me," she added.
Walters revealed that it was ABC, not she, who initially wanted the interview. “For them it was ratings. For me it was respect,” she says. “I'm fortunately at a point in my life where I can choose what I want, and this was solely my decision.”
Walters added that, "[ABC] respected my decision and walked away,” she said. "Some agreed with my decision, some didn't. For me it was just a question of respect."
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