Katie Couric suffered a ‘freaky’ health scare while attending the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on June 27.
The 69-year-old journalist penned a Substack essay titled ‘The Day I’ll Never Remember’ on Monday where she revealed she was so ‘out of it’ during her two panels that she was rushed to the Aspen Valley Hospital.
‘When I was asked the month, the year, and who was president, I got them wrong,’ Couric recalled.
‘I wasn’t sure of the month. I thought it was 2024. And I believed Joe Biden was president.’
Doctors first thought the seven-time Daytime Emmy winner had suffered a stroke, but she was later diagnosed with transient global amnesia described as ‘a sudden, temporary loss of the ability to form new memories.’
‘This was a freaky occurrence, it could have been much more serious,’ Couric wrote.
Katie Couric (2-R) suffered a ‘freaky’ health scare while attending the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on June 27
The 69-year-old journalist penned a Substack essay titled ‘The Day I’ll Never Remember’ on Monday where she revealed she was so ‘out of it’ during her two panels that she was rushed to the Aspen Valley Hospital
‘When I was asked the month, the year, and who was president, I got them wrong,’ Couric recalled. ‘I wasn’t sure of the month. I thought it was 2024. And I believed Joe Biden was president’
Doctors first thought the seven-time Daytime Emmy winner had suffered a stroke, but she was later diagnosed with transient global amnesia described as ‘a sudden, temporary loss of the ability to form new memories’ (pictured June 3)
‘This was a freaky occurrence, it could have been much more serious,’ Couric wrote. ‘Ultimately, I’m relieved – even though several hours of a Saturday in June will always be missing for me’ (pictured June 8)
‘Ultimately, I’m relieved – even though several hours of a Saturday in June will always be missing for me.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to the the Next Question podcaster’s rep for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
Luckily, Couric had the support of her second husband and Katie Couric Media co-founder, John Molner, who was with her in Aspen.
On June 21, the Virginia-born presenter and 63-year-old Molner celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary.
Couric welcomed two daughters – Ellie, turning 35 on July 23, and Carrie, 30 – during her nine-year marriage to late husband, attorney Jay Monahan.
The breast cancer survivor earned $15 million per year during her early aughts heyday hosting popular programs on all three major networks in the States – ABC, CBS and NBC.
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