In 1997, she was one of the original co-hosts of “The View.”

“Why am I feeling anxious?,” she asked herself (viaPeople).

“I think it’s because, for all my bravado, deep down I’m just really sad.

Meredith Vieira smiling

I’m not showing that to Ben, of course I don’t want him to see that.

“And I couldn’t tell anybody.

And we were talking about how hard it is to keep a secret.

Meredith Vieria and her kids in 2001

But now I can tell everybody.

My son Gabe … got engaged.”

“I have to say, my kids have taken this very, very, very seriously.”

Meredith Vieira smiling at event

“Because why throw it away when you’re free to keep it in your fridge.”

She then moved onto her mother’s pantry, likening it to one in a “fraternity house.”

And I’ll say, ‘Nothing, what’s new with you?’

Meredith Vieira and daughter Lily in 2004

And she says, ‘Nothing, OK bye!'”

“We no longer do all the little small talk, but we talk every single day.”