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Barbara Walters' biggest regret over motherhood revealed after Oprah admitted star put her off having kids


Barbara Walters ' lingering regrets over her strained relationship with her daughter has been revealed in a heartbreaking new documentary.

The broadcast icon, who died in 2022 at the age of 93, is the focus of the new Hulu film, Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything - which explores the star's rise to fame as she balanced motherhood and her career. Walters was 'regretful about her family life' and 'strained relationship' with her adopted daughter Jackie, longtime friend and colleague Cynthia McFadden, 69, told People ahead of the film's release. Like many women, Walters struggled to balance work and family after adopting her daughter, Jackie, with her former husband Lee Gruber in 1968; Pictured in New York City in September 1999

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