In the number one spot this year was Gen. David Petraeus. Walters states:
"David Petraeus was not chosen this year for his war record or his exemplary service to his country. This is about military honor, colliding with sex and lies in the digital age."
Petraeus resigned as head of the CIA, citing an extramarital affair, one week after the November election. The press learned that Petraeus was having an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The story continued to unfold, becoming more and more complex as new characters were introduced and additional lies uncovered.
"The story was irresistible," Walters said. "The keeper of the nation's secrets unable to conceal his own." She later added, "Still it was hard to understand how a man like [Petraeus] could fall so far from grace ... The contradictions in his character and his career are a reminder that no one, however powerful, is free of human frailty or immune to reversals of fortune. And that for us makes David Petraeus the most fascinating person of 2012."
- Excerpt courtesy of The Huffington Post
Other people on the list include:
- Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James
- Actor Ben Affleck
- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
- Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- British boy-band One Direction
- 2013 Oscars host and creator of TV's Family Guy, Seth MacFarland
- Prince Harry and Honey Boo Boo were also featured on the list, but were not interviewed.
For clips of the interviews, readers outside of the United States can search via YouTube.
For a rundown of Barbara Walters 2011 Most Fascinating list, please see my blog post here.
I wonder who are the people to watch in 2013?
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