It's clearly not representative of my book, and I think it probably says a lot about the media environment we're in and the tenor of the times we're in. So, I was surprised, but not that surprised.”.
She describes former CBS CEO Les Moonves, who resigned in 2018 after allegations of sexual misconduct that he denies, as “a close talker with bad breath.” Michael Jackson, who Couric says wanted to take her out (she declined), had a handshake “like a dead fish” and “had medical tape running down and across what was left of his nose.” She did end up going out with Larry King, who at dinner downed his veal poached in chicken broth “with gusto.
I couldn't imagine writing a book and not being true to myself and true to my feelings and true to my own life experiences.".
'I want to keep going': Dave Grohl details writing his first book 'The Storyteller'.“I had so much fun writing that chapter because it was so crazy,” she says."I think they were really helpful in seeing how I was processing this," Couric says of the textsAs for the question she posed herself: Couric says she is glad she wrote the book"It represents a moment in time and is a certain period of history from the perspective of someone who was very lucky to have the seat she had," says Couric. "I really wrote it for my daughters, but I think for anyone who's interested in what it was like to be a woman in television news at a certain moment in time or over a certain period of time might find it really enlightening."