The cast of ABC’s “The View” is having some fun giving a proper send-off to its creator and co-host, Barbara Walters, before she retires on Friday. Today, all past and present cohosts were welcomed back to the daytime talk show:
For the first time, all 11 co-hosts returned to #TheView to #CelebrateBarbara! Who has Deja View? #TheViewReunion pic.twitter.com/lvTDx77l2h
— The View (@theviewtv) May 15, 2014
Such a great day with @joyvbehar and @iamdebbiem to #CelebrateBarbara at @TheViewTV reunion! pic.twitter.com/hItYERy49L
— Meredith Vieira (@meredithvieira) May 15, 2014
This is the making of a #ViewReunion #selfie pic.twitter.com/HxdDwItkeT
— elisabeth hasselbeck (@ehasselbeck) May 15, 2014
Co-host shout out @theviewtv @meredithvieira & me! pic.twitter.com/cQmwwQfKaZ
— Star Jones (@StarJonesEsq) May 15, 2014Earlier in the week, ABC named its news building on West 66th Street in New York “The Barbara Walters Building. A 2nd Avenue Deli sandwich was also named in her honor. Here is a look at some of the celebrity surprises and tributes captured before her on-air retirement:
The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger unveiled the plaque showing the new building dedication to Walters.
The 2nd Avenue Deli in New York City named a sandwich after Walters.
Bette Midler gave “The View” hosts an impromptu music performance.
Jimmy Kimmel surprised Walters with roses and a story on “The View.”
Friday is Walters’s last day on the daytime talk show with Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, and Jenny McCarthy.
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