TRAILBLAZING reporter Barbara Walters shared how despite her success in journalism, her biggest regret came with the time she missed with her daughter.
Walters, a TV news icon who was credited with shattering the glass ceiling in a once male-dominated industry, died at her home in New York City on Friday. She was 93.
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The first female anchor on an evening news program, Walters was well-known for her famous interviews with celebrities, including Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson and Oprah Winfrey.
Walters interviewed every sitting US president and first lady, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama and Donald Trump, before he became president.
By the late-’70s, Walters became the co-host of 20/20 and would launch The View in 1997.
However, despite her list of accolades, Walters held onto one regret regarding her daughter Jacqueline.
Married four times to three different husbands – Walters’ only child came during marriage with theater producer Lee Guber, to whom Walters was married from 1963 to 1967.
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The ABC Evening News host adopted Jacqueline, now 54, as a newborn in 1968.
“I very much wanted to have a child,” Walters said in 2014.
“I had three miscarriages, and finally, my husband Lee Guber and I adopted a baby girl.
“I knew that my sister was never going to be married and have a child, and I wanted her to have part of the joy that I had. And so, I named my daughter Jacqueline after my sister.”
Walters has said that her older sister Jacqueline, who died of ovarian cancer in 1985, was “developmentally challenged.”
The renowned journalist spoke about the challenge that came with balancing her family and career, “I think everybody who works, not just someone who’s in television, not just a celebrity, faces a balancing act. There’s no answer, you do your best.
“I look back and I think, ‘I wish I had been with her more.’ I was so busy with the career,” Walters admitted.
“It’s the age-old problem; on your deathbed, are you going to say, ‘I wish I spent more time in the office’?
“No, you’ll say, ‘I wish I spent more time with my family.’ And I do feel that way, I wish I had spent more time with my Jackie.”
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