"I have never been more affected by a television interview than when I saw her at Columbine interviewing a victim, and a father of a victim.
"I looked up to her for years and years and years - I still do, I still believe she is the best person to have ever graced the screen in that venue," she said. RELATED: Katie Couric Shares Heartfelt Speech from Daughter Ellie's Wedding: Your Dad 'Would Be Beaming'īanfield went on to praise the TV personality, saying "there is no one better who has ever been on morning television than Katie Couric." So that hurt my feelings deeply and I hope Ms. She continued, "They got his landline and they called him and said 'Are you afraid for your daughter?' to which he said 'Yes and I think NBC should bring her home and give her a desk job like Katie's.' That is a far cry from being able to even leave that facility, let alone telling anyone who would listen. "Let's just be clear here, I was a bit of a peon at MSNBC back in 2000 when I first met Katie Couric and she was the queen of television and nobody was better than Katie," she continued. "I have to say I was pretty stunned to find out what Katie wrote, first I was scared, then I was surprised," Banfield, who was an NBC correspondent in the early 2000s, said on her NewsNation show Wednesday night. 26) including a section where the former Today host, 64, recalled feeling threatened by Banfield, 53.Ĭouric admitted to feeling like she needed to "protect my turf" while on the morning news show, where she worked from 1991 through 2006, and shared that she was aware "someone younger and cuter was always around the corner," naming Banfield as an example.
On Wednesday, Daily Mail published a series of quotes from Going There (set to hit shelves Oct. Ashleigh Banfield is responding to a leaked section of Katie Couric's upcoming memoir that detailed Couric's thoughts on Banfield when they both worked at NBC.
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