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‘Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything’ Documentary Director on the Icon’s Relationship With Trump, Diane Sawyer Feud and Secret to Her Success
"Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything" director Jackie Jesko on the news icon's barrier breaking accomplishments and why the legendary interviewer could never be replicated.
“Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything” offers a candid look at the late barrier-breaking journalist, known for asking personal and probing questions of her interview subjects — ranging from Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein to the Kardashians and Taylor Swift — without flinching. And she went to great lengths, outmaneuvering competitors like Diane Sawyer and Oprah to score the definitive interview with newsmakers of the moment (Monica Lewinsky and the Menendez brothers among them), because she knew she could get the world to tune in and pay attention. Ahead of the “Tell Me Everything” premiere, Jesko spoke to Variety about those glass ceiling-shattering moments, the icon’s biggest insecurities and why there could only ever be one Barbara Walters.
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