Mother-daughter relationships can be rife with many complicated layers and Barbara Walters and Jacqueline Danforth are no exception to that rule. During an exclusive sit-down interview with NBC News, both Walters and her adopted daughter Danforth spoke candidly about their often times estranged relationship, mostly due to a rebellious phase Danforth experienced as a young teenager that later carried into adulthood. "I was a runaway," Danforth confessed. "I loved to run. I thought running would solve all my problems."
The high-profile broadcast journalist also dished about the time her daughter went missing for a whole month — no doubt any parent's worst nightmare. "Another parent would call the police. I didn't want the headlines. It's not that I didn't want the headlines for myself. I didn't want the headlines for her. I thought, 'I don't know what she'll do,'" Walters explained about the predicament she found herself in.
However, after years of substance abuse and rebelliousness the prodigal daughter saw the light and started to get her life in order. During that time, she even founded a wilderness program with a mission to help troubled teens.
