Barbara Walters' Freudian Slip

Uhm...not really Barbara. Not really.

Barbara's Most Fascinating People Of 2008...

Barbara Walters has released more names from her TV special, “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008”.

10 — Will Smith
9 — Tom Cruise
8 — Tina Fey
7 — Rush Limbaugh
6 — Miley Cyrus
5 — Michael Phelps
4 — Sarah Palin
3 — Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
2 — Thomas Beatie (Pregnant Man)

The #1 Most Fascinating Person will be announced on the program, which airs this Thursday, December 4 @ 10PM ET/PT on ABC. TUNE IN! We are definitely going to check out all the interviews, those are some great people lined up this year! Last year, Barbara chose Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Peter Cook Blames Christie Brinkley for Divorce, Proves He's a Proverbial Porcine

On Friday, be sure to tune in to "20/20" to watch Britney Spears' "Womanizah" video (this is comeback number, what, 434234560?), then stick around to watch womanizah Peter Cook -- the ex-Mr. Christie Brinkley -- dish to Baba Wawa about the "real" reasons for his divorce. Of course, it's all Christie Brinkley's fault that he rushed into the arms of a teenager...

Here's a few sneak peeks at what you can expect:

On his affair with the then-19-year-old Diana Bianchi:
"I was seeking a connection I could not find in my own marriage. I think the emotional aspect of our lives had changed. I think we were both feeling more like we were living with a brother and sister than a life partner. I think I just suddenly realized when I was getting attention from someone else that this is something that is missing in my life."

On why he's speaking out now:
"My hope is that the world will see that I'm not the scum bag pervert that I've been painted to be. The misinformation that came out during the trial is the elephant in the room. It's the elephant in the room for my kids. And I'm hoping maybe if I can correct some of the wrongs."
(By show of hands, how many of us cared either way prior to this? Don't all raise your hands at once...)

On Christie Brinkley seeing his interview:
"I don't think I can avoid that. But I think if she does, what I hope comes of it is that she takes the time to heal herself. And she goes back and remembers that I made a mistake, but that I am that person that she wrote the poems about, that she raved about in magazine articles and anybody who she could get & twist their ear to listen. I am that person today, that I was then."
(Aw. What a prince.)

Britney in treatment?

On The View this morning, Barbara Walters said she received a call from Britney Spears' manager and pal Sam Lutfi.

"She has been to a psychiatrist," Walters said she learned from Lutfi. "She, I assume, is starting some kind of treatment."

Walters also said Spears is reportedly back in touch with her mother, although she is still suffering from "mood swings" and trouble sleeping.

When the other hosts on The View questioned Lutfi's report, Walters replied, "I don't know if anybody is telling the truth or not telling the truth." She added, "He has been with her constantly. He seems to be enormously supportive."