Video: Jessica Hahn and Barbara Walters Fight Over Affairs on 'The View'

By AOL TV Editors Posted Feb 23rd 2011 01:50AM

On 'The View' yesterday, Jessica Hahn brings up Barbara Walters' affair in the 1970s with married Senator Edward Brooke as a way to contrast her sexual relationship with televangelist Jim Bakker, which Hahn says was rape. But this prompts a strong reaction from Walters, who immediately shuts her down.

Hahn takes exception to Sherri Shepherd's description of her relationship with Bakker as an "affair," and tries to point out how different it was from Walters' dalliance with Brooke. "This wasn't an affair ... I don't want to be cruel or anything, but ... you had an affair with a senator and ... " Hahn started to say to Walters. Watch the video after the jump.

"This is about you, my dear," said Walters, cutting her off. "This is not about me. I'm very happy to talk about my relationships, but this is about you."

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Wednesday 23 February

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

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I love it, two old has-beens fighting over which is the lesser of two evil old hags. An extra-marital affair is an extra-maritl affair, or ADULTERY! Are you listening Jessica and Baba Wa Wa?

By Julie

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I'm confused. Sherri asked Jessica the question about her affair, and in return Jessica snapped at Barbara. She got defensive very quickly, though I totally LOLed once I realized who that televengelist was. Wasn't that the couple that SNL mocked during their scandal?? And long live Barbara!!!

By Anne

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Barbara held her own quite well. This skank Hahn tried to twist things and it was not her place. She is nasty and looks like a total clown. Some born againer lol.

By valeskas

Everybody who has an affair with a married man is a skank, and Barbara is the same as Jessica. Both cheated and had affairs with married man.

By joan

The View cacklers invite controversial guests on the show, so they should expect controvery. The minute a guest says something against their wishes, all heck breaks loose, the old bitty's started screaming like idiots, loud enough to wake up the dead. Show needs to go away and spare society of their self-righteousness. Good for Jessica for bringing up Barbara's affair--Miss Do No Wrong Priss.

By tie

Good for Hahn....Barbara can dish it out but cant take it....

By Russell

I can't imagine crawling in the sack with Barbara Walters. That overbite is enough to scare the hell out of most men. One little "slip" and we're talking permanent scar tissue.

By Victor

Please God make this show and everyone on it go away! Amen.

By YellowRose3218

I watched the view, one time when it first came on tv.
Who wants to watch and hear, a bunch of catty woman?
I know I dont. Barbra, and Hahn,,, their both the same.

By tony

i was gonna say,do people watch that show?

By mycrazyblondie

Barbara is no better than Jessica Hahn !!!

By lara

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the difference is that baker took advantage of a young girl. barbara was an adult and had an affair.

By charleyvldm9

Barbara should stay at the back with Bill,she speaks with a lisp,a sort of drawl,i dont understand a word she says,and of course she is too old for Television,please join Regis and go home.

By sway

Watched or tried to watch the view once but could not stand all the screeching and blabbering with everyone trying to out talk each other...
But obviously they have a following or they still wouldn't be on air...no accounting for some pple's taste

By Karen

She's always been a piece of trash and she still is. Nothing's changed except the nose.

By poopeepoop

yes! what happened to her nose?

By TurnOffTheBoobTube

Jessica Hahn = Gonorrhea.

By Bubbles

HA! I loved it!!! Hows that egg on your face Barbara!!! HAHAHAHA! That was a great show! LOVED HER AS A GUEST!!!

By turbogtrmstr

I loved it, Barbara did cheat, why shouldn't she own up to it. A cheater is a cheater, the people that protect Barbara, WRONG, she did cheat with a married man. She deserves to be called on it as well as Hahn in my book. Just proves Barbara is not saintly.

Lara.......................an affair is just that, cheating, young old or not. You just don't fool with a married man, at any age. Wrong, and Barbara knows she did wrong. If that was your husband or Father and your Mom was at home while Barbara was out with you Dad or husband, it would be different.

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