Side Chicks: The Hall of Fame Edition

Barbara Walters

Number one on my list of notable side chicks is Barbara Walters and not because her relationship was super public or because she made her career based on being someone’s friend with benefits. No, Barbara Walters makes the list off of the sheer principle that no one believed she was the side-boo of Senator Edward Brooke when she announced it as a part of her recent memoir. For one, it’s Barbara Walters; she’s not typically the woman you think is running around getting fresh with a U.S. Senator. But think about the ramifications of a sitting senator, a black senator at that, having an affair with a top journo back in the day (the ’70s). It’s something out of the movies! She gets notable side chick status from me for being so good at keeping it on the hush for so long.