Marcia Cross speaks out against Barbara Walters
The actress says Walters should have avoided touchy subjects during her appearance on "The View."
Actress Marcia Cross says she was not happy about her appearance on "The View" last year, where co-host Barbara Walters asked about rumors that she was a lesbian, she told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
"I was not happy about it," Cross said. "My father, who's 80-something, and my mother were in the front row of the audience. I just thought about Barbara, 'You didn't have to ask me that question. That was tabloid-y of you.' I felt really used. So now I don't really like looking at Barbara Walters."
The "Desperate Housewives" actress said she and Walters discussed the subject before the show and were at odds immediately.
"When I got backstage, Barbara Walters came up to me and said, 'You know, I have to ask you about this.' And I said, 'Why do you have to ask me about this?' 'Well, it's news.' I was like, 'It's news?' At which point my publicist came in and we sorted out how to deal with it."
