Barbara Walters: Legendary Journalist Suffers from Dementia

Legendary news journalist and TV personality, Barbara Walters allegedly suffers from dementia, according to a story published by The National Enquirer.

Walters' rumored dementia has become so severe that producers from "The View" have allegedly cancelled the former "View" co-host's appearance on the show for fear of what she might say or do on live television, the National Enquirer reports.

"While Barbara has moments when she's quite lucid, there are other times when she appears doddering and confused," an NE source said.

Back in February, Walters raised many eyebrows when she made an odd statement in support of Woody Allen's parenting skills. At the time of Walter's statement expressing her support for the filmmaker, Allen was under fire for sexually assaulting his daughter.

Walters also made a comment on "The View" that she owned a vibrator, which she named "Selfie."

Since making those comments, many believe that Walters suffers from mental issues, RadarOnline reports.

Her head injury back in 2013 is believed to have been the cause for her dementia, according to the National Enquirer.

Though "The View" has yet to comment on Walter's medical condition, the show's panel of co-hosts recently applauded Walters for her generous $10 million contribution to the New York Presbyterian/Columbia University medical center.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Walter's issued her donation toward the creation of the Barbara Walters Acute Care Treatment Center, which will include 15 new patient beds that will aid in reducing the wait time for patients in the emergency room and allow for more patients to be seen and served.

Since undergoing open-heart surgery at the New York Presbyterian/Columbia University medical center back in 2010, Walters has donated three times to the renovation of the medical center, the Wall Street Journal reports.

In 2012, she donated money for the renovation of a room for family members of cardiac patients. Last year, Walters funded a reception and welcome space in the adult emergency department of the hospital.