A Chat With Pippa: Oprah Vs Barbra Walters

Oprah Winfrey always gets what she wants. But so does Barbra Walters. Unfortunately, only one of the talk show queens is going to get the most anticipated TV interview of 2012 – and it’s going to come at a price.

It’s been reported that since Pippa Middleton has announced her forthcoming book on party planning, both Oprah and Walters are willing to put down as much as $500,000 each in hopes of getting the new author to sit down and chat it up for an hour. Each host’s network has already submitted their requests to Middleton’s publisher, Penguin, sources said.

The book is expected to pull from the 28-year-old professional party planner’s day-to-day while working with London-based events company Table Talk.

A friend told the Daily Mail last November: “It will be about entertaining and how to throw the perfect party. It’s not just about being the perfect hostess – it will also include recipes and information about how to host different types of events.
Pippa has been sketching out the chapters and has decided to start each one with an amusing anecdote.”

What more perfect to chat about for an hour? And spend $500,000 to actually do it.