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Katie Couric ‘trashed’ Ashleigh Banfield at 2000 Olympics: ‘Spit was flying’

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scorched earth memoir. An insider has come forward to share the full extent to which Couric, 64, allegedly humiliated colleague Ashleigh Banfield at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. “It was such a disappointing scene,” an NBC insider told The Daily Mail of the former “Today” host’s behavior towards Banfield, 53, at the time. “Katie Couric caused that problem in Sydney and she used it to trash Ashleigh Banfield within the network.

It was disgraceful.”Both newswomen had booked interviews with Olympic gold sprinter Michael Johnson — Banfield for NBC Nightly News in place of anchor Tom Brokaw and Couric for “Today.” While Couric did her interview, though, she made Banfield wait outside, and then continue waiting while Couric’s then nine-year-old.

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