Meredith Vieira says Barbara Walters would tell 'really naughty jokes' and 'was funny and sexy'

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Meredith Vieira penned an emotional tribute to Barbara Walters, who she described as a brilliant colleague and a vivacious woman with a raunchy sense of humor.While remembering the trailblazing TV icon, who died at 93 on Friday, the broadcast journalist, 69, wrote an essay for People about Walters beyond 'just the newswoman.''She knew what it meant to work harder than anyone else in the room just to be considered an equal.

Maybe that's why she demanded so much from those around her,' the mother-of-three wrote. 'I understood it and always admired her work ethic.' In memory: Meredith Vieira penned an emotional tribute to Barbara Walters, who she described as a brilliant colleague and a woman with a raunchy sense of humor; seen in 2003She continued: 'But her intensity could also be intimidating...

like flying too close to the sun. If Barbara was upset with you, she let you know in no uncertain terms.'  Vieira went on to say that she was 'lucky' enough to have found herself 'sitting with her at a dinner table with martinis in hand.''She would regale the other guests with really naughty jokes perfectly delivered.

Barbara was funny and sexy and in those moments, she owned it,' the former co-host of the NBC morning news program Today recalled.