Ashleigh Banfield sounds off about Katie Couric’s dig at ‘senile’ dad
Couric’s upcoming memoir — which takes aim at Martha Stewart, Prince Harry, Deborah Norville and Banfield, the NewsNation host said she was “stunned” by what the former “Today” show host wrote, especially about her “senile” father.In her “Going There,” out October 26 but already leaking everywhere with a vengeance, Couric, 64, admitted she was reluctant to mentor Banfield, who was a rising MSNBC talent at the time. “For a minute there, Ashleigh Banfield was the next big thing,” Couric revealed in one passage.