David Letterman paid Barbara Walters a visit on The View earlier this week, and on Wednesday she returned the favor by being a guest on the Late Show.
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After 53 years in television, the longtime host and news anchor will make her final appearance on The View in two days, and with Letterman having announced his own impending retirement in April -- the pair shared their mutual feelings of regret.
"On Friday, she will retire from television, which I know is a load of crap," said Letterman, describing his guest as a "pioneer" in her field.
"Your own network [ABC] is doing a two-hour special about your life in journalism and career on TV. I doubt that CBS would do the same for me," Letterman lamented, before Walters begged him to stay on the talk show that has been his home for 20 years.
"I think they might, mine is very personal. You are retiring -- I don’t want you to retire, can't you stay?" she asked.
"No, that ship has sailed. They've got plans, they've repainted and they've measured," he joked, about the arrival of replacement host, Stephen Colbert.
"I feel the same way," revealed Walters, 84. "I said, 'Yes, I'm ready to go' but I'm not ready. Let's walk into the sunset together."
"I think we just made a suicide pact!" responded Letterman.
As for how she will be remembered from her illustrious career that included being the first female TV news anchor -- "it was just after the Civil War" -- Walters said: "If I have to think of my legacy, it is that there are so many women in news now."
