Barbara Walters defends Woody Allen over Dylan Farrow abuse claims

Barbara Walters defended Woody Allen from allegations by his estranged daughter Dylan Farrow that he assaulted her when she was a child during Monday’s edition of The View.

Other panelists on the show tried to argue that Woody Allen’s previous attraction to younger women could give credibility to the claims, but Barbara Walters shut them down repeatedly.

“I know Mia [Farrow], I have a good relationship with her,” Barbara Walters explained.

“But I’ve been with Woody many times with his two daughters, he’s got almost a twenty-year-old marriage … I have rarely seen a father as sensitive, and as loving and as caring as Woody is to his daughters. … I don’t know about Dylan, I can only tell you about what I’ve seen now, that it’s a good marriage and that he’s a loving, caring father.”

“She has nothing to gain by coming out and saying this,” Jenny McCarthy said.

“Supposedly, she’s very angry,” Barbara Walters responded.

“But she’s doing it now because he’s up for an award, so the question is does your personal life interfere with the award?”