Walters became familiar with the idea of an extremely personal and private situation she had kept under wraps for a long time became public knowledge; Understandably, Walters' fans and celebrity gossip lovers were curious about the idea of a public figure who presented herself as a dignified figure while in the spotlight, but was dealing with a multifaceted and heartbreaking situation behind-the-scenes.
Walters and her husband Lee Guber, whom she was married to from until , experienced a desire many couples go through in their marriage; the couple decided they were ready to embark on the road to parenthood. Like many couples when they begin the journey of expanding their family, Walters and Lee found themselves dealing with a sad and lesser-discussed component of becoming parents: they experienced multiple losses before the duo made the decision to explore adoption.
Sometimes unexplained or coincidental phenomenons just happen. Some are incredibly devastating like the miscarriages Walters experienced and some events occur coincidentally or cosmically; some may look at the occurrence with the influence of the saying "When one door closes, another opens.
After the door 'closed' on the idea of Walters and Guber becoming parents biologically, the couple began to explore the idea of adoption, and the process by which the idea fell into their lives was quite a unique situation: the couple went to dinner with friends, who Walters described as having "rarely seen" and the couples discussed the subject of adoption and according to Walters, they experienced yet another unexpected twist wherein their friends had their hearts set on adopting a boy but were instead "Given the opportunity to adopt a girl.
Walters and Guber immediately knew the next move in their journey: They made the decision to adopt the little girl as their own! Growing up in Hollywood often comes with its ups and downs. Growing up with a mother who is an incredibly world-renowned figure certainly comes with its own set of struggles, and as Jackie navigated her teens and twenties, she experienced a series of ups and downs in a chapter of her life which could similarly mirror the contents of the high-profile celebrity cases her mother covered.
In the Eighties , Danforth entered her teenage years and her experiences in her early teens turned out to mark the beginning of an extremely tough period for Danforth and her family. During an episode of Oprah's Master Class in August , Walters revealed she had three miscarriages during her marriage to Guber before she became a mother.
Walters said a double date with a couple they rarely saw led to her adopting Danforth. The couple told them they had an opportunity to adopt a little girl, but had dreamed of adopting a little boy. Since they were going to pass on adopting the girl, Walters and Guber agreed to adopt the baby. To know that you can have this kind of love that I feel for her," Walters told Oprah Winfrey.
Not if you have Alzheimer's, but, Mom, when you have Alzheimer's,'" Walters told Winfrey with a smile. Danforth did not have an easy time growing up. At 15, in , she ran away and was reported missing. She hitchhiked to California and used drugs throughout her youth. Quaaludes were all over the place. And the drugs numbed all the other feelings. On a personal front, Walters has been married four times to three men.
She married Robert Katz in , but that marriage was annulled 11 months later, per People. She and her second husband, Lee Guber, married in and adopted a daughter, Jacqueline Dena Guber , in They divorced in She was later married to Merv Adelson twice, from to and to In , Walters was on an episode of "Oprah's Master Class" via YouTube where she revealed she had three miscarriages before she adopted Jacqueline. She and Guber were with friends who told them they were trying to adopt but wanted a boy.
They told Walters and Guber that they knew of a baby girl who'd been placed for adoption, and the couple decided to adopt her. Today, Walters' daughter is 52 years old. So, how many grandchildren does Barbara Walters have?
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