Katie Courichas faced some challenging periods during her career — and a piece of advice she once got from her youngest daughter has stuck with her.While promoting her new memoirGoing ThereonThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertTuesday, the journalist reflected on the difficulties that arose for her at CBS, which she also details in the book.Couric, 64, spent 15 years atTodaybefore announcing she would be joiningCBS Evening Newsin 2006, becoming the first solo female anchor of a nightly news broadcast on a major network. Five years later, in 2011, she left CBS amid a ratings decline. OnThe Late Show,she toldStephen Colbertit was “a really tough experience.““I think America wasn’t necessarily ready for an anchor with lipstick,” she said, later adding, “I think that the country — and CBS has the oldest, most traditional audience — and internally, in terms of the DNA of that organization, they were just not that into me.“At one point during her time at the network, Couric broke down in front of daughters Carrie and Ellie after coming home from work.“I started crying at the dinner table and my daughters, they were like, 10 and 14, they were so taken aback,” she told Colbert. “This was after Jay had died and I was a single mom. And they were like, ‘What’s wrong?’ And I was just like, ‘I’m having a really hard time.'“Jim Spellman/WireImageCarrie then pulled out a quote fromKim Cattrall’s character inSex and the City,Couric said.“Carrie said, ‘Mom, remember what Samantha says inSex and the City… If I listened to what every b—- in New York said about me, I’d never leave the house,'” Couric recalled with a laugh.Couric shared Carrie andEllie, now 25 and 29, respectively, with her late husbandJay Monahan, whodied of colon cancerat age 42 in 1998.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Katie Couric and Jay Monahan.Robin Platzer/Twin Images/The LIFE Images Collection via GettyShe first recalled Carrie’sSATCquote in an interview for herPEOPLE cover storyearlier this month, joking that it was “so wrong” for her daughter to be familiar enough with the HBO series that she could quote it.“But it made me laugh,” said Couric, whomarried John Molnerin 2014. “And you know, I think you don’t go through the death of a spouse or someone you love deeply and profoundly without really understanding what matters.”
Katie Courichas faced some challenging periods during her career — and a piece of advice she once got from her youngest daughter has stuck with her.
While promoting her new memoirGoing ThereonThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertTuesday, the journalist reflected on the difficulties that arose for her at CBS, which she also details in the book.
Couric, 64, spent 15 years atTodaybefore announcing she would be joiningCBS Evening Newsin 2006, becoming the first solo female anchor of a nightly news broadcast on a major network. Five years later, in 2011, she left CBS amid a ratings decline. OnThe Late Show,she toldStephen Colbertit was “a really tough experience.”
“I think America wasn’t necessarily ready for an anchor with lipstick,” she said, later adding, “I think that the country — and CBS has the oldest, most traditional audience — and internally, in terms of the DNA of that organization, they were just not that into me.”
At one point during her time at the network, Couric broke down in front of daughters Carrie and Ellie after coming home from work.
“I started crying at the dinner table and my daughters, they were like, 10 and 14, they were so taken aback,” she told Colbert. “This was after Jay had died and I was a single mom. And they were like, ‘What’s wrong?’ And I was just like, ‘I’m having a really hard time.'”
Jim Spellman/WireImage
Carrie then pulled out a quote fromKim Cattrall’s character inSex and the City,Couric said.
“Carrie said, ‘Mom, remember what Samantha says inSex and the City… If I listened to what every b—- in New York said about me, I’d never leave the house,'” Couric recalled with a laugh.
Couric shared Carrie andEllie, now 25 and 29, respectively, with her late husbandJay Monahan, whodied of colon cancerat age 42 in 1998.
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Katie Couric and Jay Monahan.Robin Platzer/Twin Images/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty
She first recalled Carrie’sSATCquote in an interview for herPEOPLE cover storyearlier this month, joking that it was “so wrong” for her daughter to be familiar enough with the HBO series that she could quote it.
“But it made me laugh,” said Couric, whomarried John Molnerin 2014. “And you know, I think you don’t go through the death of a spouse or someone you love deeply and profoundly without really understanding what matters.”
source: people.com
