Posted on 11/10/2004 6:58:56 AM PST by dead
MOVE over Matt — Katie Couric's new squeeze is a boyish-looking jazz trumpeter named Chris Botti.
The musician, 42, who has opened for pop star Sting and is promoting his own CD, told USA Today that he's nuts about the morning show pixie.
"She's brilliant and beautiful and really, really fun," Botti says of Couric, 47. She knows about music, "but then, she's up on everything. She's so intelligent."
Rumors about Botti and Couric have been swirling for weeks. She recently broke up with Red Sox co-owner/media mogul Tom Werner.
Couric first met Botti on the set of the "Today" show a few years ago when he showed up to play backup for an appearance by Sting. They were more properly introduced a few weeks ago at a party in New York and have been dating ever since, he says.
"It's been interesting going out in public with Katie, but this is all very new to me. I'm taking it one day at a time," he says.
Botti has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People," and has worked with Joni Mitchell, Natalie Merchant and other music stars. He joined Paul Simon's band in 1990 and worked with the singer for five years....
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lol - poor Katie, lost election for her beloved Rats, and now her bf could be pitching for the other team!?!
Well, he has taste when it comes to his hair, and taste in music...what happened to his taste when it came to women! That woman is so gross, and her face is totally lopsided.
As I said, metrosexuals aren't really gay, they're just close.
He reverses the curse and she dumps him??? Couric is truly a freak.
He's too pretty for my tastes.
I like 'em more rugged and redneck. :)
Than most women do, or than doing most women?
(Mod: delete me if you must for off-color humor, but I had to. I just had to!
Har har
bump for later
Team America-World Police reference there
Well, he's not all "that", I see no smile on her face...
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