{"id":462462,"date":"2022-06-13T19:32:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T19:32:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:32:25","slug":"katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender\/","title":{"rendered":"#Katy Tur discusses estranged father becoming transgender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af7e08260cc1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender\/#%E2%80%9CKaty_Tur_discusses_estranged_father_becoming_transgender%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Katy Tur discusses estranged father becoming transgender&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKaty_Tur_discusses_estranged_father_becoming_transgender%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Katy Tur discusses estranged father becoming transgender&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>MSNBC anchor Katy Tur said she was \u201cpuzzled\u201d when her now-estranged father \u2014 legendary journalist Bob Tur \u2014 told her he was transitioning to become a woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad said, \u201dI am a woman\u2019,\u201d Katy Tur <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/katy-tur-memoir-rough-draft-her-parents-story\/\">told CBS Sunday Morning<\/a>, as she recounted their conversation from nearly a decade ago while promoting her upcoming memoir, \u201cRough Draft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I said \u2018What?\u2019 And my dad said, \u2018I\u2019m a woman, I\u2019m transitioning, I\u2019m going to become a woman\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old journalist\u00a0is the daughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> power couple Marika Gerrard and Zoey Tur \u2014 who before transitioning to become a woman gained fame as the helicopter cameraperson who was the first to film pivotal events in Los Angeles, including the 1992 riots and the OJ Simpson police chase in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard, a retired broadcast journalist and photographer, and Tur went on to co-found the Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Service.<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 phone call would be the last time Tur talked to her dad, who has never met the two children she has with CBS News star Tony Dokoupil.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zoeytur_11356726_1619568374957243_1131144132_n.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Katy Tur's father, Zoey Tur\" class=\"wp-image-22637118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zoeytur_11356726_1619568374957243_1131144132_n.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zoeytur_11356726_1619568374957243_1131144132_n.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zoeytur_11356726_1619568374957243_1131144132_n.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur\u2019s father, Zoey Tur<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@zoeytur<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Katy Tur revealed that her father was violent toward her, her brother, and her mother. \" class=\"wp-image-22634632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur revealed that her father was violent toward her, her brother, and her mother. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember being at first puzzled and saying, \u2018You gotta be joking. You\u2019re kidding, what are you talking about?&#8217;\u201d she said on the CBS morning show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd my dad was adamant,\u201d she said. \u201c\u2018I\u2019m the wrong person. I\u2019m going to become the right person. Don\u2019t you see? This is why I\u2019ve been so angry\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was really just, it was a lot,\u201d added Tur, who made a name for herself as MSNBC\u2019s reporter covering Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UTQUgd-SbBc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UTQUgd-SbBc<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tur said that her dad confessed to being violent with his wife and two children, including throwing batteries at her, her brother, and her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Zoey Tur told CBS Sunday Morning that she \u201cfailed\u201d her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe [Katy] really looked up to me, and I failed her,\u201d Zoey Tur said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo father wants to fail their daughter\u2026Throwing batteries? Probably, yeah. Punching walls? There were a couple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zoey Tur said that her behavior during the marriage to Gerrard was due to her not being able to be her true self.<\/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\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zoey Tur\" class=\"wp-image-22634685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Zoey Tur admitted to punching walls and throwing batteries at her children.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Katy Tur's mother is Marika Gerrard, a retired broadcast journalist and photographer.\" class=\"wp-image-22634636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur\u2019s mother is Marika Gerrard, a retired broadcast journalist and photographer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Katy Tur has been estranged from her father since 2013. She has two young children with her husband, CBS News broadcaster Tony Dokoupil.\" class=\"wp-image-22634630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur has been estranged from Zoey since 2013. She has two young children with her husband, CBS News broadcaster Tony Dokoupil.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said she made the decision to transition while sitting in a Florida hotel room. Had she not become a woman, she said she would have ended her life.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Zoey Tur said in an interview that coming out as transgender caught her daughter and ex-wife off guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew I was bisexual. That was acceptable. The transgender stuff, no. No, that crossed the line,\u201d Zoey Tur said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRough Draft\u201d was published by Simon &amp; Schuster.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\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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