Published: 20:56 BST, 16 February 2022 | Updated: 20:56 BST, 16 February 2022Ĭouric didn't pull punches in the book, Going There, which came out in October 2021Ĭouric didn't pull punches in the book, which was met with mixed reactions - though she insists that people who actually read the memoir, and not just excerpts, have had a positive response. Katie claimed the negative reviewers were just 'cherry-picking' certain excerpts, which was 'disappointing' because she 'felt so enormously proud of the book'.Couric chose not to be 'super judgey about Matt' despite her 'pretty strong' reaction and instead illustrated how she processed the allegations.She described him as 'talented' but said she was 'disappointed' to learn about the sexual abuse allegations against him.Couric admitted it was hard to write about Lauer, with whom she cohosted Today for nine years, and she wanted 'to convey why I really enjoyed working with him'. She said 'the people who I called out deserve to be called out,' adding that 'most of them have been fired at this point'.In a new interview, she called the book 'honest' and 'snarky' but not 'mean-spirited'.In her 2021 memoir Going There, Couric, 65, reflected on her decades-long career, blasting several of her colleagues.Katie Couric insists her memoir wasn't 'mean-spirited' and she only called out people who 'deserved it' - but admits she tried to show disgraced colleague Matt Lauer as 'a full human being'
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