Katie Couric Speaks Out After Jeff Zucker Resigns, Claims Many Ignored 'Inappropriate Behavior'

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Katie Couric is commenting on now-former CNN president Jeff Zucker resigning from his position at the network on Wednesday, after he failed to disclose a consensual relationship with chief marketing officer Allison Gollust.Couric worked under Zucker when he was executive producer of the show on NBC in the early 2000s, as well as on her 2012 daytime talk show,, which ended in 2014.

Gollust had also previously worked as 's senior publicist. Although Zucker said in a memo to CNN employees about his resignation that he and Gollust's relationship had only recently evolved during COVID, in her memoir, , Couric wrote that some colleagues felt Zucker and Gollust's closeness was «super-strange» and that since she was close friends with Zucker's then-wife, Caryn, she felt «really uncomfortable.»In a statement through Katie Couric Media, Couric says Zucker's resignation took her by surprise and called out some for ignoring «inappropriate behavior.»«I worked with Jeff Zucker for many years at NBC and later on my talk show.

He was a talented and energetic producer,» her statement reads. «His resignation took me by surprise. I've also known Allison Gollust since my days at the show.

I've wondered about the nature of their relationship, but I do know, as I wrote in my memoir, that it made me uncomfortable.