Sage Steele alleged the late Barbara Walters assaulted her in 2014 in The View‘s greenroom following a tension-filled section, RadarOnline.com has realized.
The 50-year-old ESPN star claimed that Walters, who died in December at 93, bodily attacked her in entrance of Whoopi Goldberg, telling Megyn Kelly on her podcast that the incident allegedly occurred after Steele appeared on the syndicated speak present.
“Barbara Walters, she attacked you? Wait what?!” Kelly requested in disbelief.
“It was Barbara, Whoopi, and myself at midnight greenroom on the facet,” Steele answered, claiming the longtime journalist “pushed” her right into a wall.
“I used to be in all probability 4 toes from the wall and the trash can and Barbara was standing over right here in entrance of me and she or he simply began to again up in direction of me and checked out me and acquired shut and elbowed me and it pushed me again into the wall and the trash can,” Steele defined. “I used to be like, ‘What did [she] simply do to me? This 140-year-old lady simply tried to love sort out me.’”
In response to Steele, Goldberg was there to consolation her after the alleged assault, which she added was witnessed by Walters’ co-host and The View‘s staffers.
“A few of the producers noticed it,” Steele instructed Kelly. “Whoopi noticed it and she or he was like, ‘Come right here.’ And he or she was nice. And he or she pulled me apart in her little space and she or he’s like, ‘Don’t you let her do it.’ I’m like, am I in a film proper now? One of many legends that on this business simply tried to beat me up!”
RadarOnline.com has reached out to Goldberg’s group and The View for remark.
“Having efficiently settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I’ve determined to depart so I can train my first modification rights extra freely,” she wrote on X, previously Twitter, on Tuesday. “I’m grateful for therefore many great experiences over the previous 16 years and am excited for my subsequent chapter!”
Regardless of the allegations, a spokesperson for ESPN instructed TheWrap that the community and Steele “mutually agreed to half methods.”