Married four times to three different men, Barbara’s husbands always came second. She even broke off her long affair with Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke when she felt that the relationship ...

The late Barbara Walters reflects on her secret romance with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke in archival footage featured in the ABC documentary Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything, out today. The ...

NEW YORK — After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as “exciting” and “brilliant.” ...

Before the advent of social media and podcasts that allowed celebrities to control their messages, going through the X-ray machine of a Barbara Walters interview delivered exposure on a massive scale.

Walters wrote a bestselling 2008 memoir “Audition,” which caught readers by surprise with her disclosure of a “long and rocky affair” in the 1970s with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke.

Susan Page, who wrote biographies of Barbara Bush and Nancy Pelosi, turns to "Today Show" and "The View" host Barbara Walters with "The Rulebreaker." ...

And Page examines her friendships and romantic attachments with among many others, lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn, U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, and economist Alan Greenspan.

Walters' private life also revolved around celebrity. She was married four times to three men, had a rocky five-year affair with then Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, and dated other prominent ...

The late Barbara Walters reflects on her secret romance with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke in archival footage featured in the ABC documentary Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything, out today.

And Page examines her friendships and romantic attachments with among many others, lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn, U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, and economist Alan Greenspan.

She was married four times to three men, had a rocky five-year affair with then Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, and dated other prominent figures. But none of the relationships stuck.