Never doubt the word of “The Ghost Whisperer” — even if you’re Barbara Walters.
Back in July, the co-executive producer of the popular show, psychic James Van Praagh, was a guest on “The View.”
Backstage, Van Praagh told Walters that he believed there was an issue with her blood.
Clearly steamed, a week or so later, Walters, re-opened the issue — after she had her doctor take blood tests.
“I’m skeptical and Mr. Van Praagh knows it,” she told viewers. Her tests showed that “I am absolutely normal.”
She went on to say, “I think [Van Praagh’s declaration] was a dangerous thing to do!”
Now that Walters says she is undergoing surgery for a valve replacement, Van Praagh can’t help but reflect on the information he gave her 10 months ago.
“I never push my insights to anyone, but told her that I saw a lot of white blood cells which could mean an infection in the future. I also said she had bad blood around her heart, which she emphatically denied, and then she later said I was ‘dangerous.’
“I was never given a chance to defend myself, and this hurt.”
Did he feel a sense of vindication — albeit unhappy vindication — when Walters announced on Monday that she was having heart surgery today?
“I wish her the best of health,” he said.