Barbara Walters gets a free pass for her sleazy affair!

in a debate with Star Jones who accused her of

revealing a past affair with a senator just to sell books,

the AP is reporting.

Walters said despite the public rift,

she prefers to hold onto the good times the

former co-hosts shared on "The View."

"Star is going through a very difficult time right now,

and I'm going to have very happy memories of how

wonderful she was on the program,"

Walters told AP Radio on Friday.

"I don't want to add to her difficulties."

Jones is going through a divorce from banker

Al Reynolds, whom she married in 2004.

Jones lashed out at Walters after the veteran journalist

wrote in her autobiography "Audition" that the women of

"The View" were forced to cover up Jones' gastric bypass

surgery as she swiftly lost weight ahead of her wedding.

Jones maintained at the time that she was

eating less and doing Pilates.

"We lied for Star," Walters told AP Radio.

"She was our colleague. She didn't want to discuss it,

we didn't force her to. Was that a mistake?

I don't know. ... It was Star's decision."

Earlier this week, Jones criticized her former boss for

writing about her, and for including revelations of an affiar

with former U.S. Senator Edward Brooke in the 1970s.

"It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters,

in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding

herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family

with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively

against me all for the sake of selling a book.

It speaks to her true character."

Jones told Us Weekly magazine.

__________________________________________ 

When a man kisses and tells,

he is a disgusting jerk.

When a man has a sleazy affair with a married woman,

he is a disgusting jerk.

When Barbara Walters has a sleazy affair

with a married man, then goes on to brag about it,

she gets a free pass from everyone except the lone voice

in the wilderness, Star Jones.

I have not seen such a clear cut double standard

since the book and  movie,"The Bridges Of Madison County."

It must be nice to be the rich and famous Barbara Walters.

I agree with Star Jones on this one.

 _________________________________

    Rash Manly        22moon.com