Katie Couric Calls Allegations Against Matt Lauer “Incredibly Upsetting”
Katie Couric has been conspicuously absent from the conversation surrounding the sexual harassment s..
Katie Couric has been conspicuously absent from the conversation surrounding the sexual harassment scandal that engulfed her former Today co-host Matt Lauer, but inched her way towards breaking her silence on Friday.
One of Couric’s followers on Instagram used the comments section of a recent Couric post to ask about the situation. “Nothing to say on Matt?? Huh – y’all would have been all over the story years ago. I watched y’all for YEARS. My childhood. Just goes to show you really can’t trust people. He interviewed people on their moral character and had none himself,” the follower, Candace Taylor Benson, commented. “I want time back I spent watching!!!!! and you have nothing to say. Crickets. People hear you loud and clear though.”
To Benson’s surprise, Couric responded with a reply of her own: “It’s incredibly upsetting and I will say something when I’m ready to. Thanks for your interest.”
Since Lauer’s dismissal from NBC late last month due to allegations of workplace sexual harassment, women have accused him of misconduct in reports from Variety and The New York Times. A few weeks ago, an interview with Couric from Andy Cohen’s Watch What happens Live surfaced on Twitter in which she says that Lauer’s most annoying habit is that “he pinches me on the ass a lot.”
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