There's the CNN executive who commented on her breasts, awkward encounters as a young reporter with Larry King and Neil Simon and CBS News executives she feels wronged her. Lauer has said that he never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex.Īs an author, Couric "goes there" with plenty of sharp stories about those she's encountered along the way. A turning point came when she heard about his alleged treatment of a young woman that she had brought to NBC.
In the book, Couric printed text messages that chronicled the disintegration of their relationship, from when she reached out following his firing to his unsuccessful effort to connect at 4 a.m. Couric today is less visible after a series of jobs that didn't quite work out, while Lauer was fired from the Today show in 2017 after stories about sexual misconduct emerged. Yet as the drive-by suggests, much can change in 20 years. Once the king and queen of morning television, Matt and Katie were regular "guests" in the homes of millions of Americans, delivering the news with friendly banter. Katie Couric and Matt Lauer on NBC "Today" program in New York on May 31, 2006. Katie Couric does not hold back in her new memoir, “Going There”, reliving her former friendship with the previous co-host of the Today show, Matt Lauer, and the “predator” she never suspected. "I felt closer to Matt that night than I had in all my years sitting next to him at the anchor desk," Couric wrote.Ĭouric's book is set to release on October 26.įor more reporting from the Associated Press, see below: The two co-stars did not socialize much outside of work, besides a dinner two weeks before he was fired where the friends planned a future project together. But he betrayed me, too, by how he behaved behind closed doors at the show we both cared about so much," she wrote.Ĭouric explained that even though she was with Lauer weekday mornings, the news of his allegations came as a shock. "I know Matt thinks I betrayed him, and that makes me sad. I've come to realize that Matt could be an excellent professional partner, a good friend, and a predator," Couric wrote. "So many of us were blindsided, never imagining that a dashing, witty, beloved TV star had such a dark side. Katie Couric does not hold back in her new memoir, Going There, reliving her former friendship with the previous co-host of the Today show, Matt Lauer, and the "predator" she never suspected.
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