Barbara Walters Returning to 'The View' March 4

ABC journalist had been recovering from chicken pox and concussion

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/26/2013 12:13:30 PM

Barbara Walters will return to ABC's The View on Monday, March 4, after spending more than a month off the air recovering from a concussion and the chicken pox.

The 83-year-old Walters called into the daytime talk show on Tuesday to announce the news.

"Like it or not, I'm coming back on the show again," Walters said. "No more chicken pox. ...  I haven't been contagious for a while, but they wanted me to have rest, and I've had enough rest and I'm ready to come back."

Walters was briefly hospitalized on Jan. 22 after fainting and hitting her head at the British ambassador's residence during inauguration weekend. On Jan. 28, it was announced she had been diagnosed with the chicken pox.