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Dupe entry: Katie Couric assaults producer
Drudge ReportCBS 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 wasnt kidding." . . . "I sort of slapped him around, Couric admits to the magazine. I got mad at him and said, 'You cant do this to me. You have to tell me when youre going to use a word like that.' I was aggravated, there's no question about that.' But she says she Posted by: Mike 2007-07-10 |
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