Barbara Walters finally hopped on the Twitter bandwagon on today’s episode of The View (April 20) – check out the video clip, starting around 4:45, where Barbara Walters sends her very first tweet.

Barbara Walters’ first tweet happened before she went on air: “This is my first day on twitter All exited. Getting ready to do The View Must get my hair done.”

Once live on The View, Barbara Walters demonstrated how to use Twitter by sending the message, “I am losing my Twitter virginity.”

You can follow Barbara Walters on Twitter at http://twitter.com/barbarajwalters.