Ann Curry broke her silence pertaining to the Matt Lauer rumor on CBS This Morning, where she admitted that she was «not stunned» to hear of the claims that were brought against her previous co-host in her initial televised meeting because the rumor emerged.
» You understand, I’m attempting refrain from doing damage in these conversations. I can inform you I am not stunned by the claims,» she confessed, while thoroughly selecting her words as she spoke openly on the subject.
When Matt Lauer was discharged from the Today Show in November after his sexual misbehavior scandal was brought to light, Ann Curry located herself back in the limelight, enduring her actual public 2012 separation from Today, the NBC program she co-hosted with Lauer.
Rumors and also placing speculation surrounded her termination, with several declaring she was discharged as a result of her lack of «chemistry» with her male co-host. Other records declare Lauer straight had a hand in the choice.
«I’m trying not to hurt people. I recognize what it’s like to be publicly degraded. I never ever did anything incorrect to be publicly degraded as well as I don’t want to create that type of pain to someone else,» she proceeded, recalling her public and very unpleasant separation. Curry started her journalism profession in 1990 at the network and also her career skyrocketed. She was named support at Dateline NBC before assuming the co-host duty at Today with Lauer in 2011, just to be let go a year later.
Curry went on to confess that verbal harassment was foregone conclusion at the early morning show. «I can claim that, since you’re asking me an extremely direct inquiry, I can say that I would certainly be amazed if numerous ladies did not understand that there was an environment of verbal harassment that existed. I think it would be unexpected if someone said that they really did not see that. It was verbal sexual harassment.»
5 years after her departure, Curry is concentrating on the following chapter in her profession and also is making a major go back to the tv with her six-part docuseries on PBS, We’ll Meet Again. The brand-new program will certainly detail remarkable events throughout the program of history through the lens of those that endured them.