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Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele has alleged thatthe late Barbara Waltersphysically attacked her backstage onThe Viewin 2014.
She just started to back up towards me and looked at me and got close and elbowed me.
And it pushed me back into the wall and the trash can.
I was like, What did [she] just do to me?
This 140-year-old woman just tried to, like, tackle me.
Steele claims that some of the show producers witnessed the alleged incident, as did co-host Whoopi Goldberg.
[Whoopi] was great, Sage said.
She pulled me aside in her little area, and shes like, Dont you let her do it.
And Im like, am I in a movie right now?
One of the legends in this industry just tried to beat me up!
