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Mummified ABC legend Barbara Walters recently went to the Australia Zoo to film an interview with Crocodile Widow Teri Irwin, whose husband, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, was killed a month ago by a stingray. Now this is completely unconfirmed, but a zoo staffer present during Walters' appearance sends us the following:

I was at Australia Zoo, the home of the Crocodile Hunter, when I witnessed Barbara Walters in action. Never in my life have I seen someone as rude, mean and nasty as Walters.

From the moment she arrived, she spoke to all of her staff like they were her slaves. She would never ask a question, she would just yell it, and expect you to know that she was talking to you. If you didn't answer it in time, she yelled it again until she was answered. Often if you asked her a question or spoke to her, she would look straight through you and ignore you. She told off her assistant, her producers, the cameramen, the lighting man, the Australian TV reporter who was following her, and she even rudely yelled questions at the zoo staff — who were still grieving over the loss of Steve Irwin, their boss.



Being from Australia, I had never heard of Barbara before. Put it this way, I never want to hear about her again. I feel for her American staff. I would never want to work with her, as she is just a mean, angry, old dragon. Barbara only cared about Barbara. If she had been younger, I'm sure our Australian staff would have told her where to go, as we certainly don't take crap like that.

But one must be gentle with the elderly. They know not what they do.

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