Connie Chung
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Yes. He refused to call him Maury. He would always call him Morty, Murray, Marvy. I mean, whatever. And I said, he said, do you want to go out for pizza sometime? And I said, sure. Can I bring Maury? And he'd say no.
Oh, no. Mari is very secure in who he is. It's the biggest thing that I admire about my husband. He knows he is this very, very intelligent person, and he has... He's had a storied career as a journalist for many, many years. Then he hit upon the current type of talk show. When he was doing a talk show in Washington, D.C., he was interviewing authors and politicians.
Oh, no. Mari is very secure in who he is. It's the biggest thing that I admire about my husband. He knows he is this very, very intelligent person, and he has... He's had a storied career as a journalist for many, many years. Then he hit upon the current type of talk show. When he was doing a talk show in Washington, D.C., he was interviewing authors and politicians.
Oh, no. Mari is very secure in who he is. It's the biggest thing that I admire about my husband. He knows he is this very, very intelligent person, and he has... He's had a storied career as a journalist for many, many years. Then he hit upon the current type of talk show. When he was doing a talk show in Washington, D.C., he was interviewing authors and politicians.
I mean, every author from Gore Vidal to Tom Wolfe to Maya Angelou. And it was a classic old talk show. And he did cooking segments with Julia Child. And he did, during Watergate, he was in the thick of it. You know, he covered Kennedy's funeral, JFK's funeral, covered Martin Luther King's assassination. So he's an old-fashioned journalist. Then he hits upon the talk show circuit.
I mean, every author from Gore Vidal to Tom Wolfe to Maya Angelou. And it was a classic old talk show. And he did cooking segments with Julia Child. And he did, during Watergate, he was in the thick of it. You know, he covered Kennedy's funeral, JFK's funeral, covered Martin Luther King's assassination. So he's an old-fashioned journalist. Then he hits upon the talk show circuit.
I mean, every author from Gore Vidal to Tom Wolfe to Maya Angelou. And it was a classic old talk show. And he did cooking segments with Julia Child. And he did, during Watergate, he was in the thick of it. You know, he covered Kennedy's funeral, JFK's funeral, covered Martin Luther King's assassination. So he's an old-fashioned journalist. Then he hits upon the talk show circuit.
And one of his producers comes up with the idea of the paternity of Every Child in America. Suddenly, he has six and a half million Facebook followers and a million Instagram followers, and he's become a walking meme. And it's just a big kick for him.
And one of his producers comes up with the idea of the paternity of Every Child in America. Suddenly, he has six and a half million Facebook followers and a million Instagram followers, and he's become a walking meme. And it's just a big kick for him.
And one of his producers comes up with the idea of the paternity of Every Child in America. Suddenly, he has six and a half million Facebook followers and a million Instagram followers, and he's become a walking meme. And it's just a big kick for him.
He can wax poetic about what he actually accomplishes by determining the paternity of children and fathers resume paying for their children instead of denying their existence. So it's a funny... He doesn't care what critics say. And I always care. So we have completely different views.
He can wax poetic about what he actually accomplishes by determining the paternity of children and fathers resume paying for their children instead of denying their existence. So it's a funny... He doesn't care what critics say. And I always care. So we have completely different views.
He can wax poetic about what he actually accomplishes by determining the paternity of children and fathers resume paying for their children instead of denying their existence. So it's a funny... He doesn't care what critics say. And I always care. So we have completely different views.
No. He talked me off the ledge many times. When I came home and I said to him, do you know what so-and-so said to me today? And he would Say, don't think about it. Don't take him seriously. Take your work seriously. Don't take yourself seriously. Don't take the critics seriously. Let's have dinner. And I would seriously calm down.
No. He talked me off the ledge many times. When I came home and I said to him, do you know what so-and-so said to me today? And he would Say, don't think about it. Don't take him seriously. Take your work seriously. Don't take yourself seriously. Don't take the critics seriously. Let's have dinner. And I would seriously calm down.
No. He talked me off the ledge many times. When I came home and I said to him, do you know what so-and-so said to me today? And he would Say, don't think about it. Don't take him seriously. Take your work seriously. Don't take yourself seriously. Don't take the critics seriously. Let's have dinner. And I would seriously calm down.
Well, the problem was that the men could not be pushed into that direction. At CBS News, Dan Rather, who is my co-anchor, wouldn't touch it. At 60 Minutes, it was all men at the time, and they wouldn't touch it. They wanted nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. And frankly, I didn't either.
Well, the problem was that the men could not be pushed into that direction. At CBS News, Dan Rather, who is my co-anchor, wouldn't touch it. At 60 Minutes, it was all men at the time, and they wouldn't touch it. They wanted nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. And frankly, I didn't either.
Well, the problem was that the men could not be pushed into that direction. At CBS News, Dan Rather, who is my co-anchor, wouldn't touch it. At 60 Minutes, it was all men at the time, and they wouldn't touch it. They wanted nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. And frankly, I didn't either.
But the management would come to me and say, Barbara Walters is getting X, Diane Sawyer is getting Y, and Katie Cork is getting Z. You have to do this for the team. I said, I don't want to. I don't see the value in it. It's tabloid. I don't know. You know, Tanya, I have a lot of regrets, but that was one of the biggest ones of being the good girl.