Barbara Walters

Most Fascinating Person of 2013 Is…

Shari Weiss

Truth rating: 10

10:54 pm, December 18th, 2013

(Getty Images)

(Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton was named the “Most Fascinating Person” of 2013 by Barbara Walters on Wednesday.

The veteran news journalist revealed her selection at the end of her annual ABC special, “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013.”

“This program started with the dawn of the Clinton era, and it seems we might be at the start of another,” explained Walters.

Clinton said in the interview that she hasn’t made up her mind on whether to run for president, but believes it’s important for a woman to be in the White House.

Asked what she wants her “mark” on the world to be, the former Secretary of State replied, “That I did the best I could. That I lived a life of integrity and service.”

As Gossip Cop previously reported, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Lawrence also made this year’s Top 10 list, along with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Pope Francis, the Royal Baby, the cast of “Duck Dynasty,” Edward Snowden, Robin Roberts and swimmer Diane Nyad.

Last year, Walters chose General David Petraeus for the top spot.

This marks the final year of Walters’ special, as she is set to retire next spring.

What do you think of Clinton being named the “most fascinating person” of 2013?

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Miley Cyrus on Liam Hemsworth Split: I Was ‘So Scared’ of ‘Being Alone’ (VIDEO)

Daniel Jacobson

Truth rating: 10

12:41 pm, December 16th, 2013

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(ABC)

(ABC)

Miley Cyrus opens up about her split from Liam Hemsworth in an upcoming “Most Fascinating People” interview with Barbara Walters.

The pop star says that her since-broken engagement to the movie hunk was at least partially rooted in fear.

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“I was so scared of ever being alone, and I think, conquering that fear, this year, was actually bigger than any other transition that I had, this entire year,” she tells Walters.

Cyrus adds, “I don’t ever want to have to need someone again, where you feel like, without them, you can’t be yourself.”

The singer believes she moved too fast with Hemsworth, and while she doesn’t regret their relationship or engagement, she feels better since it ended.

“I don’t think I realized what 19 truly is, and I got engaged at 19, and I definitely wouldn’t change being engaged,” she tells Walters. “It was so fun wearing a fat rock for a few years. But now, I just feel like I can actually be happy. I wait for those moments of silence, when I’m just at my house, by myself.”

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Katie Couric “Replacing” Barbara Walters on The View?

Gossip Cop

Truth rating: 0

1:56 pm, September 13th, 2013

(HollywoodLife)

“Katie Couric Replacing Barbara Walters On ‘The View,’” reads the headline of yet another poorly reported story by HollywoodLife.

According to the highly questionable webloid, “The word on the street, as Katie’s ratings decline and Barbara edges closer to her planned retirement,” is that Couric is “being considered for Barbara’s spot on The View.”

The site notes that after the exits of Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Joy Behar and the addition of Jenny McCarthy to “The View,” with Walters “planning to retire in 2014, another major shift is in order, and rumor has it Katie is in the running for Barbara’s empty chair.”

It’s a nice story, but it’s NOT true.

Regardless of the fate of Couric’s show, a source close to the veteran TV star tells Gossip Cop there’s “no truth” to her replacing Walters.

And a rep for “The View” adds, “There is absolutely no truth to this rumor whatsoever. It’s completely erroneous.”

Sadly, HollywoodLife is wrong over and over and over again, because the webloid rarely fact-checks.

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