{"id":90747,"date":"2024-04-17T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/17\/katie-couric-reflects-on-sexist-attitude-of-former-today-co-anchor-bryant-gumbel\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:49:16","slug":"katie-couric-reflects-on-sexist-attitude-of-former-today-co-anchor-bryant-gumbel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/17\/katie-couric-reflects-on-sexist-attitude-of-former-today-co-anchor-bryant-gumbel\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Couric Reflects on \u2018Sexist Attitude\u2019 of Former \u2018Today\u2019 Co-Anchor Bryant Gumbel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/katie-couric\/\" title=\"Katie Couric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Katie Couric<\/strong><\/a> is reflecting on her former co-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/bryant-gumbel\/\" title=\"Bryant Gumbel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bryant Gumbel<\/strong><\/a> and their time on <em>The Today Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old former anchor made an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/bill-maher\/\" title=\"Bill Maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bill Maher<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s <em>Club Random<\/em> podcast, and addressed his \u201csexist\u201d attitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got mad at me because I was doing something on maternity leave and he was giving me endless s\u2013t for taking a month or two off,\u201d she revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was having my first baby, and he was like, \u2018Why don\u2019t you just drop it in the field and come back?\u2019 or something like that. He was kidding, but he was goofing on me and giving me a lot of s\u2014t and it was emblematic of a sort of, incredibly sexist attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2016729\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While she called him a \u201cseamless\u201d and \u201celoquent\u201d broadcasting talent, she also called <strong>Bryant<\/strong> a \u201cprickly\u201d person and a definite \u201cguy\u2019s guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryant<\/strong> began working on <em>Today <\/em>in 1982, with <strong>Katie<\/strong> joining him in 1991. They worked together until 1997 when he exited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nbc\/\" title=\"Nbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NBC<\/strong><\/a> series to work for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/cbs\/\" title=\"Cbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/a>. She followed suit, becoming the first female anchor for <em>CBS Evening News<\/em> in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Find out who are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/11\/12\/the-richest-co-hosts-on-today-co-hosts-ranked-from-lowest-to-highest-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthiest anchors from <em>Today<\/em>, ranked.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to the episode\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katie Couric | Club Random with Bill Maher\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W5zdiF0ome4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/04\/17\/katie-couric-reflects-on-sexist-attitude-of-former-today-co-anchor-bryant-gumbel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Couric is reflecting on her former co-star Bryant Gumbel and their time on The Today Show. The 67-year-old former anchor made an appearance on Bill Maher\u2018s Club Random podcast, and addressed his \u201csexist\u201d attitude. \u201cHe got mad at me because I was doing something on maternity leave and he was giving me endless s\u2013t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}