Divorced Women Rally for Katie

Katie CouricA divorced women's website wants to rally its readers behind Katie Couric -- to give the struggling widow/newswoman a ratings boost. Women of the world unite -- and watch TV!

Debbie Nigro, who holds the made-up-sounding title of Chief Executive Girlfriend of Firstwivesworld.com, urges all "the other women navigating life solo" to back her up. According to Nigro, it's just simple math: Only 6.1 million people watch Katie every night, but there are over 40 million divorced women. Put down the Snackwells and pick up a remote!

Among the many reasons Katie deserves success, Nigro says, is that she "manages to get dressed and be perky" every day. Preach on sister, preach on!



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1. She made her choice. Who cares? Live with it.

Posted at 12:10PM on Jul 12th 2007 by debbie

2. that "perky" look comes from her over zealous brow lift she had done a while ago. i was surprised when i noticed it at first because it changed her whole look to almost a cartoon character blazen eye look. look at old photos of her and you will see she doesn't really even look like the same person. the best "work" in cosmetic surgery is not noticeable, i.e. not overcorrected.

Posted at 12:15PM on Jul 12th 2007 by bubu

3. Who cares about Katie Couric? YAWN!

Posted at 12:18PM on Jul 12th 2007 by ?

4. someone please remove this woman from the Nightly News. My only two hours of TV viewing is local and National News. Bad enough the crop of hairdo/fasion news readers on the local news, then you get Katie Couric (I have rabbit ears therefore not much choice re: channels so I'm stuck with Her Royal Perkiness). The only time I felt sorry for Bryant Gumbel was when he had to start working with HER. This is a former cheerleader who thinks that cheerleading works when you "grow up". It doesn't. It is not a gender issue. It is an issue of delivery and projecting that "I can do anything" persona. Well, no you can't. America doesn't like you (the 60+ folks like me who grew up with the evening news giants - Huntley & Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, etc. Now we have THIS chick. Please take her away.

Posted at 12:20PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Barbara

5. Whatever Katie! She just needs to deal with the consequences of her ambitious greed for solo fame and corporate money. Face the music solo, biatch! She compromised her own professional journalistic integrity (not that she had much to show for it). I'll cry some crocodile tears for you, lady!

Posted at 12:24PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Lowly office grunt

6. I would love to see Katie Couric and Amy Sedaris do a new nightime variety show for NBC together, or even for ABC Family Network, the home of "Greeks."

Posted at 12:24PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Randy Jones

7. I'm a woman and I cannot STAND Katie Couric. None of my women friends have ever liked her! Why would we support her now?? I think it's been funny as hell watching her crash and burn.

Posted at 12:25PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Pookie

8. Katie is an embarassment to all women, that's why we don't watch her. The way she sucked up to Lin Wood, and ran favorable piece after favorable piece on the Ramseys certainly wasn't hard hitting journalism. She's a lightweight, puff piece, telepromper reader, and women want hard news and the truth.

Posted at 12:25PM on Jul 12th 2007 by opi

9. I just hope I age as gracefully as Katie has. There is always a place for her here at Dualstar.

Posted at 12:26PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Ashley Olsen

10. Kimberly Stewart
Why is TMZ editing comments about this self absorbed nobody? Where did they go?..

Posted at 12:27PM on Jul 12th 2007 by !

11. I am not a fan of Katie Couric at all but I agree that we should show her some support. Even though Dan Rather was great we have to be more accepting of new people trying new things and not be so rigid because the world is changing and the format of the way the news is presented should be more flexible to reflect those changes and attract a wider range of viewers.

Posted at 12:28PM on Jul 12th 2007 by GoKatie

12. She is "perky" everyday because she is using ben-wa balls during the broadcast

Posted at 12:28PM on Jul 12th 2007 by d - man

13. I loved her on the morning show.....the show is not the same without her! I wish she would come back to the morning..soon.

Posted at 12:28PM on Jul 12th 2007 by nance

14. Oh, so THIS is where all the mean girls gather! Fun!

Posted at 12:28PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Farquahar

15. I'm female, yet I find it rather sexist to support someone for being a woman, getting up and being "perky." Why not watch based on merit, the quality of her work, the worthiness of her reporting? I for one don't watch (and never did before Katie), and find it a bit insulting that I'm encouraged to tune in because she manages to get dressed and happens to be female.

Posted at 12:30PM on Jul 12th 2007 by wondering

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