Katie Couric dished on Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust’s relationship in her tell-all memoir final fall, saying it struck staffers as “tremendous unusual” when the pair labored collectively at NBC greater than a decade in the past.
Zucker introduced his resignation on Wednesday as CNN president after he acknowledged a “consensual relationship” with his chief marketing officer, Gollust, that he didn’t confide in his superiors on the community.
Couric, the previous “At the moment” present star who labored beneath Zucker when he helmed the NBC morning rankings juggernaut within the early 2000s, as soon as noticed in her memoir “Going There” that he and Gollust have been “joined on the hip.”
She famous that Zucker and Gollust not solely labored collectively however their households lived a flooring away from one another in the identical condo constructing whereas they have been each married to their spouses.
Issues bought even weirder for Couric as she grew nearer to Zucker’s then-wife, Caryn.
“She and her husband and children had moved into the condo proper above Jeff and Caryn’s — everybody who heard about their cozy association thought it was tremendous unusual,” Couric wrote. “By that time, Caryn had change into an in depth buddy and it made me actually uncomfortable.”
Couric added that Zucker insisted on hiring Gollust throughout his tenure at NBC regardless that her place was lengthy crammed.
“At a sure level, Jeff made an enormous push to convey on Allison Gollust (on the ‘At the moment Present’),” Couric wrote. “I needed to marvel why Jeff was angling so arduous to convey Allison on board.”
“They have been joined on the hip,” Couric continued. “The issue was, we’d already employed a PR individual for the present. There actually wasn’t a job for Allison.”
Couric writes that she resisted Zucker’s makes an attempt to get Gollust employed as a flack for the “At the moment” present.
She speculates that her snub of Gollust price her a possibility to land a gig at CNN — even supposing she endorsed Zucker to helm the community earlier than he was named president.
“His first rent? Allison Gollust,” Couric wrote of her former boss’ stewardship of CNN.
“Oh, and I by no means did hear from him about that job.”
The Publish has reached out to representatives for Couric searching for remark.
