Posted on 06/12/2022 2:38:22 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
Katy Tur is opening up about her tumultuous childhood, and her reaction to her father coming out as transgender.
The NBC News correspondent, who is the daughter of legendary Los Angeles broadcasters Zoey (formerly Bob) Tur and Marika Gerrard, sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to share her experience.
Growing up, the broadcaster believed her parents, who were known for reporting the news from their helicopter, were "the coolest people in the world." Tur shared that she even "knew how to fly a helicopter" as a kid.
"It was a really unique and interesting childhood that nobody else had," said Tur, 38, who chronicles her experience in her new memoir, Rough Draft.
However, she also witnessed her parents' struggles up close. In 2013, Tur received a phone call from her father during which he told her that he was transgender.
"My dad said, 'I am a woman.' And I said, 'what?' And my dad said, 'I am a woman. I am transitioning,'" Tur recalled. "I'm going to become a woman."
Tur said she was at first "puzzled" by the announcement, replying, "You've got to be joking. Are you kidding? What are you talking about?"
"My dad was adamant," she continued. "'I'm the wrong person. I'm going to become the right person. Don't you see this is why I've been so angry?' It was a lot."
Tur...said her father would experience "fits of anger" when she was younger, and would become "abusive." She added that they did not get the police involved because to do so would hurt her father's career and ability to provide for the family.
"Something would set him off, and he would get so, so out of control that he would throw his fist through a wall," recalled Tur, who sat with her mother during the interview.
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Isn’t he/she/it special?
And she used to date Olbermann.....! Poor Tur!
If the dude self identified as a woman he would not have thrown his fist thru walls.What BS
So does this mean Katy Tur now has two Mothers ?? I’m so confused....
Is that the thug that grabbed the back of Shapiro’s neck?
The Cringe family
A mother and a dumb ass.
After he “became a woman”, he was still abusive, Katy.
He’s mentally ill, Katy. Say it.
Yep, same person.
A mental patient dating someone who suffered the ill effects of a head injury- perfect couple the way i see it.
I'm confused. I thought these people were 'loud and proud'. What is this public humiliation he speaks of?
Apparently, her dad is the stable one in the family.
“Success has two mothers, but failure is an orphan.”
Which explains why Katy Tur herself is a train wreck.
Katy tur(D) must be sew PROud.
“I’m so confused....”
Don’t feel bad; God says it is confusion.
So glad I have no idea of who these people are — except for Shapiro, whom I dislike.
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