by wildcherry on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 | Entertainment, News

Barbara Walters appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” Wednesday night to promote her “10 Most Fascinating People” special on ABC.

The show usually is a cross section of popular and polarizing stars from sports, politics, music, TV and movies and this year is no exception, except for no movie stars yet.

In no particular order, they include Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin, Glenn Beck, Jenny Sanford Sarah Palin (a 2008 returnee), Brett Favre, Tyler Perry, and Lady Gaga. That’s eight by my count, so I am wondering if I am missing someone. The show usually keeps the number one ‘most fascinating person of the year’ a big surprise so we can all guess who that is. Care to? Last year then President-elect Barack Obama nabbed the number 1 spot.

Barbara’s special where she’ll interview each of the chosen fascinators, airs on December 9th at 10 PM.

Walters told Bill O’Reilly that he was so jealous of Glenn Beck, who was named to her list.

“Doesn’t this just run down your whole show, picking him?” O’Reilly said of the Beck choice.

Walters, who described Beck as a “pussycat,” told O’Reilly, “You are so jealous.”

“You know, you’re absolutely right, I am so envious,” O’Reilly said.

Walters said that Beck is fascinating because of his rapid burst into American consciousness.

“Two years ago, we didn’t know who this guy was,” Walters said. “Has a terrible childhood, mother commits suicide, he’s a drunk, he’s on drugs, pulls himself together…and is now, in spite of your jealousy, one of the biggest voices on television in a time period not as good as yours, Bill.”

Walters added that in person, Beck was “really very sweet.”

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