Walters to Oprah: I lied for Star, Rosie full of 'rage'

First lady of television Barbara Walters admitted Tuesday she repeatedly lied to viewers for former "The View" host Star Jones, and described Rosie O'Donnell as full of rage and anger.

Walters showed a side most have never seen before in an exclusive interview Tuesday on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" promoting her new book "Audition."

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Journalist Barbara Walters (left) holds the hand of Oprah Winfrey during an interview for "The Oprah Winfrey Show," scheduled to air on Tuesday.
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The veteran journalist and celebrity interviewer said a "cloud came over her" the day Star Jones unexpectedly decided to announce she was leaving "The View" during a live broadcast.

Walters described the first nine years of the daytime show as "awesome," but said after host Meridith Viera announced she was leaving the show, Jones began to change.

"She was clincally obese. She could barely walk onto the set," Walters said of Jones. "[She] decided to have an operation, but then she decided not to tell anyone."

"We had to then lie on the set everyday because she said it was portion control and pilates," Walters said. "She was our colleague, and she really did not want us to our her."

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