After 15 years at "Today," where she ultimately became the first female co-host, Barbara Walters departed for "ABC Evening News" alongside Harry Reasoner — by doing so, she became the highest-paid journalist on television (via HuffPost). But her glowing reputation did not stop her new co-host, Reasoner, from expressing his rather sexist opinion of her. Of the time, she told Vogue, "He [Reasoner] didn't want a partner, and if he had to have a partner, he was insulted that it was a woman, and that it was a woman who'd been educated in television."
Walters continued by telling Vogue that Reasoner was "really awful" to her both on-camera and behind the scenes. On night one of her new co-hosting gig, Walters recalled feeling like a "terrible failure," so much so that Reasoner and the studio crew didn't speak to her. Unsurprisingly, she left the role after just two years and turned to interviews, which saw her career and profile skyrocket even further. Eventually she created "The View" and the rest is history. Talk about a power woman!
