Connie Chungis one of the most iconic figures in news history.
The winner of an Emmy and a Peabody, Chung was unexpectedly demoted by CBS in 1995.
Chung returned to TV in 1997, anchoring20/20.
From there, she went on to CNN, before being suddenly dropped by the web link in 2003.
Chung again stayed off the air for a few years.
What happened to Connie Chung?
Let’s catch up with the TV star.
Chung was 48 years old at the time.
A short time later, she again returned to being a stay-at-home mom.
“I think teen or pre-teen years are the time to always be around,” she toldMamalodein 2011.
I think it’s important to know who his pals are and to know their parents.
I think these years are the ones in which kids can take the wrong path.
I want to keep my radar extended so I know what’s going on!"
“I’ve been thinking and thinking about it,” she toldThe Starin 2012.
I don’t want to read about people revealing their innermost thoughts and insecurities."
Chung,the youngest of ten children, was born shortly after her family arrived in America in 1945.
“They came from China and … my father got everyone here,” she said.
“People don’t know how Chinese I am.
My actions are clearly American but there’s a big strong face that’s Chinese.”
I think I was very very lucky to be in television news in its heyday."
Instead, she has turned her talents to a different form of journalism.
“It has been honored as the best weekly newspaper and website in the state.
Flathead Beaconhas been going strong since 2007, proving that print journalism isn’t dead yet.
Racial and gender equality were still fairly recent changes in the American social structure.
TheEqual Pay Acthad only been passed six years earlier.
The civil rights movement had also made great changes in that decade, with theCivil Rights Actpassed in 1964.
“But it’s not easy to break these habits and these male traditions,” she toldNPRin 2011.
The episode was noted for half of the dialogue being in Mandarin something that rarely happens in American media.
The episode’s writer, Jeff Chiang, explained the significance of the episode toThe Hollywood Reporter.
He added, “Why did we do an episode that features an entire storyline spoken in Mandarin?
Because on a TV show about a Chinese family, we can.
And hopefully people will enjoy it.”
“Well we never do anything together,” joked Chung.
“I wish I were married to the guy who’s on TV.
He’s so empathetic, he’s so sweet.
you’re free to scream, you cancry, you’re free to do anything.
But when he gets home, he doesn’t want to hear about anything!”
Povich said that the real secret to theirlong-lasting relationshipis that they have a go at let go oftheir arguments.
She might joke around, but Chung is clearly devoted to her decades-long partner.
If that’s notlove, then what is?
“You don’t have to be perfect.
You don’t have to do everything.”
“So you share the duties.
If it doesn’t get across, then chill a little.”
Being off the air hasn’t kept Connie Chung from weighing in on politics.
In 2016, she offered up her opinion on the then-presidential Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
She said that Clinton was “incredibly paranoid and cautious” when it came to the media.
“And she looked at me as if I said I’m stalking you.
“In other words, they understand the relationship between the press and leaders,” she said.
Chung said that she had been assaulted by her family doctor during a gynecological exam.
Like Ford, Chung remained silent for years.
“I am writing to you because I know that exact dates, exact years are insignificant.
We remember exactly what happened to us and who did it to us.
We remember the truth forever.”
Another thing that keeps the romance going?
Povich’s sense of humor.
