Twitter users who took to the social media platform on Saturday, Dec. 31 may have noticed an unexpected name trending: Sean Connery, who died in 2020 at age 90.
As for why the James Bond actor was trending, it had to do with a video that resurfaced following the death of Barbara Walters on Friday at the age of 93. The video features an excerpt from Walters’ 1987 interview with Connery, in which she challenges him about a comment he’d made in ainterview decades earlier, when he said, “I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman.”Asked by Walters if he remembers making that statement, Connery insists that he does, adding, “And I haven’t changed by opinion.”“I don’t think it’s good,” Connery responds, adding, “I don’t think it’s that bad.