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COURTNEY LOVE NOT REPLACING KATIE COURIC ON CBS EVENING NEWS
Hollywood — Reps for CBS are denying reports that network president Leslie Moonves called Courtney Love to ask whether she was interested in replacing Katie Couric as host of the CBS Evening News. Couric had told US Weekly that Moonves called her last week to offer her the job.
It’s the second in a series of bizarre claims Love has made to US Weekly, starting with her allegation that “American Idol” executive producer Nigel Lythgoe called her to ask her to replace Paula Abdul.
However, some sources close to Love have claimed that Moonves did indeed call her. And insiders note that the CBS leader may be looking for a new female anchor for the news as ratings have been mediocre since Couric took over the job.
“He called and asked me if I would consider anchoring the evening news, but I was very confused at first,” Love told USMagazine.com. “First I had to ask him what anchoring was. Then he had to tell me what the news is. Then I asked him what evening is. Then I asked if he could score me some speed.”
On the surface, Love seems like an unlikely choice to take over the CBS Evening News. While Couric has been a journalist for over 20 years and is best known for hosting “Today” for over 15 years, Love is a former rock musician and habitual drug user best known for allowing a man she didn’t know to suckle her breast in a fast food restaurant.
But while Moonves insisted that he wouldn’t bring in Love for Couric, he told Dateline Hollywood that he is hoping to bring some “edge” and even “controversy” to the staid and low-rated evening news.
“Look at ‘American Idol,’” Moonves said. “They have a virtually incoherent, probable alcoholic as a judge on what’s supposedly a respectable music competition. So I wouldn’t rule out putting an incoherent drug addicted slut on what’s supposedly a respectable news show.
“However,” he added, “we are in no way considering taking Katie Couric off of the CBS Evening News. Ms. Love’s allegation that we are is patently false. It would be more accurate to say that I called Ms. Love to discuss her anchoring the CBS Evening News on Saturday and serving as a substitute for Katie when she gets sick or possibly gets sent on assignment to Iraq for a long, long time.”
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