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| Dupe entry: Katie Couric assaults producer |
| 2007-07-10 |
| Drudge Report CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Katie Couric is being accused of slapping an editor -- after he injected a word she detested into a script! "The stress has caused her to blow up at her staff for small infractions on the set," charges NEW YORK magazine reporter Joe Hagan, in a story set for publication on Monday. "During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— 'sputum' "Eeewww, ick, it's, like, icky! I'm pert, perky Katie, America's sweetheart, and I'm not going to say any icky words on TV!" —and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over again' on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she wasn’t kidding." . . . "I sort of slapped him around,” Couric admits to the magazine. “I got mad at him and said, 'You can’t do this to me. You have to tell me when you’re going to use a word like that.' I was aggravated, there's no question about that.' But she says she |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #11 AP..you done good. I take my hat off to you. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2007-07-10 23:21 |
| #10 Mike, I agree. It's kinda' like fantasizing about Mary Popins. Things that make you say ... "Yeeecchh"... |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2007-07-10 21:37 |
| #9 Bondage fantasies about Katie Couric? Guys, that's just . . . wrong! |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-07-10 18:35 |
| #8 How 'bout something more honest and descriptive for the laypersons, like a bloody throat snake? Just a suggestion...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-07-10 18:31 |
| #7 Banned the word "sputum" eh? How 'bout trying these: throat-oyster, horseneck, lungbutter, yellow neck-clam, steaming hocker. There that ought to do it. I'm ready for my lesson now Mistress Katie. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2007-07-10 18:16 |
| #6 It would have been pretty hard not to laugh. I wonder if there relationship would still be good if he put the palm of his hand on her forward and held her at arm's length while her arms windmilled furiously. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-10 17:19 |
| #5 So there's a job opening that specifies "getting slapped by Katie Couric"? What kind of boots does she wear? |
| Posted by: flash91 2007-07-10 17:16 |
| #4 Was she wearing fishnets? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-07-10 16:13 |
| #3 If I had done that to someone at work, I would have been fired and charged with assault. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-07-10 16:02 |
| #2 Jesus, Jerry. Does she make you wear a dress too? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-10 15:01 |
| #1 you say sputum, i say hock a loogie..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-07-10 14:43 |