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'You gotta be kidding me': MSNBC anchor Katy Tur reveals her reaction when her 'abusive' father Zoey Tur told her he was transgender in 2013 - as her parent admits to being violent and apologizes
Daily Mail UK ^ | June 13, 2022 | Andrea Blanco

Posted on 06/12/2022 11:33:52 PM PDT by Morgana

MSNBC anchor Katy Tur has opened up about her reaction when her legendary broadcaster father came out as transgender to her almost a decade ago.

Speaking to CBS about her new memoir Rough Draft, Katy reminisced about her childhood flying over Los Angeles with her helicopter reporter parents, the former power couple of broadcasters Marika Gerrard and Zoey Tur - formerly Bob Tur.

The 38-year-old recounted the 2013 call with her estranged father, who has never met her two children with 'CBS This Morning' co-host Tony Dokoupil.

'My dad said, ''I am a woman.' And I said ''What?'' And my dad said, ''I'm a woman, I'm transitioning, I'm going to become a woman,'' Katy told CBS Sunday Morning.

'And I remember being at first puzzled and saying, ''You gotta be joking. You're kidding, what are you talking about?'''

The MSNBC anchor also accused her father of throwing batteries at her, her brother and mother, and punching walls when she was growing up.

Katy said her father confessed to her during the call that her volatility and violence during the turbulent marriage with Gerrard stemmed from Zoey not being able to be her true self.

Zoey, who is famously known for covering the 92' LA riots and the infamous OJ Simpson low-speed chase from the sky, acknowledged that working in the demanding journalism industry had affected her behavior at home.

'She [Katy] really looked up to me, and I failed her. No father wants to fail their daughter ... Throwing batteries? Probably, yeah. Punching walls? There were a couple,' she told CBS.

Katy, who went on to become an award-winning journalist of her own right, told CBS she was puzzled when she received a call from her father in 2013, the last time she spoke with her.

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To: Morgana

Even mentally damaged people like Leftists (Katy Tur) can recognize mental illness in others.


21 posted on 06/13/2022 5:29:20 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Morgana

The pronoun shifting makes it a difficult story to read.

“She...”

Wait, are they talking about the “he/she” or the she/she”???

Sheesh...


22 posted on 06/13/2022 6:11:45 AM PDT by jonno (You are the carbon they want to reduce.)
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To: Morgana

There is something to be said for encouraging people like Bob Tur. If he had been encouraged to “transition” to a “woman” back when he was a young adult, his fiancee could have married someone else instead of screwing up her life and their children’s lives.


23 posted on 06/13/2022 6:18:50 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Angelino97

That’s a dude ...


24 posted on 06/13/2022 6:22:11 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: FlyingEagle
Never heard of them. Thanks God.

I have. Bob Tur used to be a regular drive-time voice in LA during the '90s, telling hapless drivers about freeway accidents when it was far too late to switch routes.
25 posted on 06/13/2022 6:47:19 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: FreeperCell

“My grandma is a Commie

My grandpa pushes tea

My sister has a mustache , my brother wears a dress,

Goodness gracious dat’s why I’m a mess!’’


26 posted on 06/13/2022 7:07:28 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Morgana

Her father is a mutilated male sicko. No wonder she’s messed up.


27 posted on 06/13/2022 10:28:35 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Angelino97

“Silence of the Lambs”


28 posted on 06/13/2022 2:56:14 PM PDT by Zathras
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