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Katie Couric said Diane Sawyer “must be stopped,” memoir reveals

The book describes how Couric and Sawyer battled over exclusive interviews. (Reuters)

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Katie Couric said Diane Sawyer “must be stopped,” memoir reveals

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Katie Couric’s new biography, Going There, delves into every aspect of her life and work, including her on-air feud with Diane Sawyer.

According to the New York Post, which obtained a the memoir ahead of its Oct. 26 release date, the former “Good Morning America” anchor described how the rivalry between the two was out of hand, and that she said of the former “Good Morning America” anchor, “That woman must be stopped.”

Katie stated in her stunning tell-all that she enjoys enraging her long-time rival. She writes, “I loved that I was getting under Diane’s skin,” while she openly confesses that Sawyer did the same to her.

Couric went into detail about all of her previous co-stars, including Matt Lauer and Deborah Norville, as well as the producers who helped her achieve popularity and celebrities like Prince Harry and Martha Stewart.

The legendary broadcaster goes on to describe Sawyer as everything she isn’t: a tall blonde with a “full of money” voice.

Couric also shares anecdotes of some of the news anchors’ tense encounters, such as when Sawyer pretended to be a family mother in order to gain an interview with abducted adolescents Jacqueline Marris and Tamara Brooks. However, Couric’s agent was able to get the interview by pointing out that Sawyer was a stepmother, whereas Couric was a widowed mother of two daughters. “There was a very fine line between a revealing interview and the exploitation of troubled, often traumatized people in service of tawdry tidbits and sensational sound bites (e.g., Diane bearing down on an agitated Whitney Houston about eating disorders and drug use, which yielded the memorable comeback ‘crack is whack’),” she wrote in the Washington Post.

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“I wonder who she had to blow to get that,” Katie remarked when Diane scored an interview with a lady who had given birth to twins at the age of 57.

According to The Washington Post, Couric said, “I’m pretty sure I speak for Diane when I say neither of us ever resorted to actual fellatio to land an interview, but we both engaged in the metaphoric kind — flattering gatekeepers, family members, and whoever else stood in the way of a big get.”

The Cut spoke with Couric about how Sawyer’s physical appearance influenced the competition.

“Just look at the way she looks,” Couric says. “The packaging really shapes your perception. I’m short. I was a cheerleader. Would it be different if I were five-foot-11 and not that outgoing?”

Prior to the publication of her memoir, Couric faced significant backlash, with former colleague Ashleigh Banfield vehemently refuting her assertions that she and her father plotted to oust her as the top “Today” program anchor.

Couric also revealed that she sent encouraging texts to her former colleague Matt Lauer, who was dismissed by NBC in 2017 after a sexual harassment incident, and that she showed sympathy to him.

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