I would point out how ridiculous it seems to me to do such an act.” I think it’s a terrible thing to do, but I wouldn’t lock a person up for doing it. Ginsburg told Couric that such protests, in her opinion, were “dumb and disrespectful.” Ginsburg told Couric at the time, “I would have the same answer if you asked me about flag burning. She had to make a statement afterwards saying her comments were harsh and dismissive.”Īctually, if you go back to Couric’s interview with Ginsburg, what Couric quotes Ginsburg as saying was pretty pointed. But I also think it’s really important to look at what I did include.
Couric also said those particular Ginsburg comments were “subject to interpretation.”Ĭouric told Guthrie, “Ultimately, I think I should have included it. Couric said she left out some of what Ginsburg said in order to “protect” her. Excerpts from that portion of the book were revealed in the past week. I think what I realized is that there was a side of Matt I never really knew, and I tried to understand why he behaved the way he did, and why he was so reckless and callous, and honestly abusive to other women.”Ĭouric also addressed a more recent controversy from her book when she wrote that she omitted some comments made by late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a 2016 interview regarding the kneeling protest by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. “It was really devastating, but also disgusting.
“As I got more information and learned what was going on behind the scenes, it was really upsetting and disturbing,” Couric said. Couric was on the “Today” show, a show she once co-hosted, and she answered questions about her former “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer, who was fired by NBC in 2017 for inappropriate sexual behavior.Ĭouric told “Today’s” Savannah Guthrie that she has “no relationship” with Lauer these days. 26 - and one of her most famous (now infamous) colleagues. On Tuesday, Couric returned to her old stomping grounds to talk about that book - “Going There,” due out Oct. Katie Couric’s memoir isn’t even out yet, and it already has generated a ton of news and interest.
0 kommentar(er)
