Barbara Walters' Rep Responds To Connie Chung's Shady Remark

During Connie Chung's interview about her long career as a reporter, she was, of course, asked about her relationship with former co-anchors Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters. According to Chung, when she landed her gig at ABC, she was thrilled to have the chance to work with Sawyer and Walters, per TMZ. "When I got to ABC News, I joined with both Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer there and I thought, "Oh, this is going to be great. It'll be three women who get along.'"

She couldn't have been more wrong. Chung went on to detail how the network allegedly tried to prevent her from scoring big interviews. "Barbara and Diane were the only ones who could compete for the interview, and I had to stand down," she claimed, per The Daily Mail.

Chung also alleged that what went on behind-the-scenes was out of control. When speaking about her time at ABC, Chung claimed that Walters and Sawyer would try to get her on their side to gang up against the other, and then turn around steal interviews from her. Chung even said that their behavior was "not unlike what Tonya Harding did to Nancy Kerrigan."

In response to the allegations, Walter's reps released this statement to TMZ: "Barbara paved the way for every female journalist that came after her. She has been a tremendous supporter for all women." It seems like Chung would disagree. Who knew network news was so dramatic?

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