Katie Couric has built a one-of-a-kind legacy.
Heck,she almost dated Bob Saget.
Couric’s life has followed a unique trajectory indeed.
All that said, there’s been a lot of lows along the way, too.
After all, it seemed like Couric was always on our screens.
In 2012, her talk show “Katie” launched.
Two years later, it was canceled.
Here’s what Katie Couric has been up to in recent years and why she left TV hosting behind.
She signed a deal with Yahoo!
to anchor the company’s news via the internet, starting in 2014.
The host was especially excited to have some freedom in her new gig.
“There are no rules right now,” she said.
There being no rules might’ve been worse than Couric originally anticipated.
Katie Couric married John Molner
Katie Couric’s first marriage to Jay Monahanended in tragedy.
Monahan died of colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 42.
He and Couric were married for nine years and they shared two children.
In the wake of her family’s loss, Couric threw herself into her career.
“Working was my salvation.
It helped me maintain my sanity,” she said toPeopleof the devastating time in her life.
Couric eventually found love again.
In 2014, she got married to former financier John Molner.
“I just wasn’t nervous at all.
And her marital bliss lasted well into the year.
“[Life] is great.
He’s really funny and really fun to be with.
I love being with him.
The honeymoon seems to still be intact.
In 2023, on their ninth anniversary, Molner paid tribute to his wife onInstagram.
I’m lucky to have you in my life!
Where to next?”
Acting opportunities arose for Couric long before she left television hosting behind.
That served as her last acting role for a while.
In between all of her other projects, Couric continually found time to squeeze in some acting roles.
Back in 2017, the star was working tirelessly on her new venture, traveling often to get footage.
The series followed the couple as they learned more about cooking from renowned chef Joel Gamoran.
Couric and Molner conquered dishes like lamb chops, scallops, and cauliflower grits for their audience.
“I think one of the reasons people related to me is I wasn’t perfect.
Trebek had hosted “Jeopardy!”
since 1984, and the world wondered who would be selected to take over this iconic gig.
Trebek had pre-taped quite a few episodes, so the show didn’t need a guest host until 2021.
Couric used her stint to raise money for Stand Up to Cancer, a cause close to her heart.
It doesn’t feel right to call it a game show.
It is an American institution,” Couric said of the gig toPoynter.
So I tried to strike that balance.
It was a lot of fun, but it was a very tough job.”
“I love what I’m doing now.
I have tremendous flexibility,” she said.
To rectify that, she wrote a memoir.
Real life the complications and contradictions, the messy parts remains outside the frame.
[Television] is not the whole story, and it is not the whole me.
This book is," Couric wrote in “Going There,” as reported byNPR.
“I know Matt thinks I betrayed him, and that makes me sad.
The veteran anchor recounted the moment she learned of her diagnosis in aKatie Couric Mediablog post.
“I felt sick and the room started to spin.
“They’d already lost one parent,” she wrote.
“The idea of losing another was unfathomable.”
The surgery and radiation were both successful, and Couric is now in remission.
She then began casting a wider net.
But I feel like I have an obligation.
That I have an audience.
They’ve watched me for a long time,” Couric said.
After years in business, Couric’s media company, Katie Couric Media, has expanded significantly.
We have, obviously, a podcast, and I’m giving birth not literally to other podcasts.
Couric might not be on television anymore, but she’s still a prominent figure in the media landscape.
Couric’s life isn’t all business, though.
She’s celebrated some personal milestones recently, too.
In 2024, Couric became a grandmother for the first time when her daughter Ellie Monahan gave birth.
“Witnessing your baby have a baby is wild … And she was excited to become a grandmother before his birth.
