News

#Katie Couric torches Martha, Harry, more in ‘Going There’ memoir

#Katie Couric torches Martha, Harry, more in ‘Going There’ memoir

There’s no denying Katie Couric went there — and with a lot of gasoline, too, as outraged insiders complain about the former “Today” show host’s new book. 

Going There,” Couric’s tell-all memoir, has gotten some people complaining that the 64-year-old TV presenter and producer went full scorched earth, leaving no colleague, lover or famous friend un-torched. She mocks and puts down everyone — from celebs like Martha Stewart and Prince Harry to industry colleagues like Deborah Norville and the late Larry King. Even her exes, like TV producer Tom Werner, don’t escape unscathed.

In the book, Couric blasts Stewart — whom the news anchor had previously roasted with a poem at a 1996 awards ceremony — saying she required “some healthy humbling (prison will do that … ) to develop a sense of humor,” according to a Daily Mail report on the manuscript of the more than 500 page-long book, which is due out next month. 

She also ripped Norville — whom Couric replaced on “Today” in 1991 — for alienating viewers with her “relentless perfection.”

When Couric met Prince Harry at a polo match in Brazil — apparently during his “wild-oats sowing phase” — the stench of cigarettes and alcohol seemed to, as she writes, “ooze from every pore” in his body.

Deborah Norville
Katie Couric took shots at former “Today” show host Deborah Norville.
Jason Mendez/WireImage
Martha Stewart
Katie Couric mocked Martha Stewart’s prison sentence while describing how she developed “a sense of humor.”
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

As for King, who died in January 2021 at age 87, Couric suggests he was a creep. After going out for an Italian dinner with the TV legend — who was 24 years her senior — the pair went back to King’s apartment, where, she writes, he made a “lunge” for her that reportedly involved his tongue and hands while she sat on the sofa.

“When I like, I really like,” he dejectedly told her after she pushed him off, Couric recounts in the book. 

Katie Couric is going scorched earth in her new memoir, "Going There."
Katie Couric is going scorched earth in her new memoir, “Going There.”

Ex-beau Werner, she details, was a “textbook narcissist” who dumped her via email after he “love bombed” her with gifts. 

The book comes several years after Couric’s last major gig, as Yahoo’s Global News Anchor, ended in 2017. Before her stint at ABC News, which lasted from 2011 to 2014, she landed a $15 million gig at CBS Evening News, where she worked as an anchor and managing editor from 2006 to 2011. The move, she writes, was “unwinnable,” and left her feeling “embattled, defensive, misunderstood.”

Famed radio and TV host Larry King
Katie Couric accused Larry King of sexual harassment at his apartment.
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
Katie Couric doesn't hold back in new tell-all memoir "Going There."
Katie Couric doesn’t hold back in her new tell-all memoir “Going There.”Getty Images
Prince Harry appears on stage at Global Citizen Live in Central Park on September 25, 2021.
Prince Harry appears on stage at Global Citizen Live in Central Park on September 25, 2021.
WireImage

Some say the memoir is the nail in the coffin of dreams she’d ever return to the silver screen.

“[Couric will] never get a job at any television network or cable channel ever again because she attacks everyone,” an anonymous critic told the Daily Mail. “She’ll be stuck with her newsletter and Instagram stories for the rest of her working life even though the book oozes of her desperation to be back on network television hosting her own show.” Another denouncer suggested the tome “should be called ‘Burning Bridges’ by Catty Couric,” according to the publication.

Reached for comment, a spokesperson for Little, Brown and Company told The Post: “We’re excited for people to read Katie’s book, which is heartfelt, hilarious and very honest. Readers will get the complete story from Katie herself about her incredible life and career.”

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Google News too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com

If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our News category.

Source

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button
Close

Please allow ads on our site

Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker!