{"id":346934,"date":"2021-09-30T20:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ashleigh-banfield-sounds-off-about-katie-courics-dig-at-senile-dad\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T20:30:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:30:47","slug":"ashleigh-banfield-sounds-off-about-katie-courics-dig-at-senile-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ashleigh-banfield-sounds-off-about-katie-courics-dig-at-senile-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ashleigh Banfield sounds off about Katie Couric&#8217;s dig at &#8216;senile&#8217; dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ashleigh Banfield sounds off about Katie Couric&#8217;s dig at &#8216;senile&#8217; dad<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Ashleigh Banfield wants Katie Couric to \u201ccorrect the record\u201d on her father.<\/p>\n<p>In a blistering but poignant response to Couric\u2019s upcoming memoir \u2014 which takes aim at Martha Stewart, Prince Harry, Deborah Norville and Banfield, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>Nation host said she was \u201cstunned\u201d by what the former \u201cToday\u201d show host wrote, especially about her \u201csenile\u201d father.<\/p>\n<p>In her \u201cGoing There,\u201d out October 26 but already leaking everywhere with a vengeance, Couric admitted she was reluctant to mentor Banfield, who was a rising MSNBC talent at the time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a minute there, Ashleigh\u00a0Banfield was the next big thing,\u201d Couric, 64, revealed in one passage first <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10037351\/Katie-Courics-new-book-sparks-outrage-rips-ex-boyfriends-former-NBC-CBS-colleagues.html\">obtained by the Daily Mail<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019d heard her father was telling anyone who\u2019d listen that she was going to replace me. In that environment mentorship sometimes feels like self sabotage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday night monologue on \u201cBanfield\u201d the 53-year-old Canadian journalist blasted the story. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to correct the record here because you went after my Dad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Katie Couric, has written a memoir. It&#8217;s called Going There and is due to come out next month. But before it does, Ashleigh Banfield sets the record straight on whether Couric really did give her, &#8220;the cold shoulder.&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X90S5kAlBx\">pic.twitter.com\/X90S5kAlBx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Banfield on NewsNation (@BanfieldonNN) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BanfieldonNN\/status\/1443412437173215232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUm, it\u2019s just not true. When I was in Afghanistan. there were a lot of reports about it being a very dangerous assignment.\u201d She revealed that \u201ca New York Post reporter\u201d found the number for her father who was \u201cnear 80 and extremely senile and living in a care home.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric-55.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Katie Couric's new tome &quot;Going There&quot; is causing waves in the media world. \" class=\"wp-image-19645339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric-55.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric-55.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric-55.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Katie Couric\u2019s new tome \u201cGoing There\u201d is causing waves in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> world. When reached by The Post for comment, a spokesperson for Little, Brown and Company said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited for people to read Katie\u2019s book, which is heartfelt, hilarious and very honest. Readers will get the complete story from Katie herself about her incredible life and career.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey got his landline and called, and said, \u2018Are you afraid for your daughter?\u2019\u00a0to which he said, \u2018Yes. And I think NBC should bring her home and give her a desk job like Katie\u2019s.\u2019 That is a far cry from being able to even leave the facility, let alone tell anyone who would listen. So that hurts my feelings deeply, and I hope Miss Couric corrects the record on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Furthermore, she took issue with Couric\u2019s view of female mentorship, saying she once idolized her. Banfield, who said she was a \u201cpeon\u201d when she and Couric were colleagues, recalled an interview the morning newswoman did with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/1990s\/columbine-high-school-shootings\">Columbine High School victims<\/a>, and it made her \u201ccollapse in my closet crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember thinking I wanted to be just like her. There\u2019s so much I learned from Katie Couric. And I will be honest with you, it saddens me that we couldn\u2019t collaborate. I think of mentoring women in business as one of the best investments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She signed off calling Couric \u201ca trailblazer,\u201d saying it took \u201cguts to be spunky,\u201d adding, \u201cI wish her really well in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19645172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19645172\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ashleigh Banfield delivers a blistering response to Katie Couric's new memoir, &quot;Going There&quot;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/banfield-couric.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Ashleigh Banfield delivers a blistering response to Katie Couric\u2019s blockbuster new memoir, \u201cGoing There.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"credit\">News Nation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When reached by The Post for comment, a spokesperson for Little, Brown and Company said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited for people to read Katie\u2019s book, which is heartfelt, hilarious and very honest. Readers will get the complete story from Katie herself about her incredible life and career.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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