NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke
declined to comment Friday about whether he had an
affair with Barbara Walters in the 1970s
"I have had a lifetime policy and practice of not
discussing my personal and private life, or the
personal and private lives of others, with the notable
exception of what I wrote in my recently published
autobiography, `Bridging the Divide: My Life,'" he told
The Associated Press in a phone interview from
Miami.
A relationship with Walters wasn't mentioned in his
book, the 88-year-old former senator from
Massachusetts told the AP.
His memoir was published in 2006.
In an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of
her relationship with the married Brooke that lasted
several years in the 1970s, according to excerpts of
the show provided to the AP.
