CNN host Connie Chung’s husband Maury Povich’s secret double life revealed
Connie Chung with husband Maury Povich who have stayed together despite his alleged affairs.
September 17, 2024, published at 7:54 am ET
Legendary news anchor Connie Chung is releasing a tell-all book next month that charts the highs and lows of her stellar career, but it’s her TV star husband who has a much juicier story to tell.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the warts and all details of talk show host Maury Povich’s sordid double life, which brought TV’s golden couple to the brink of divorce.
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Connie Chung and husband Maury Povich have been married since 1984 and share one adopted child.
Povich – who married Chung in 1984 – has reportedly had numerous affairs since they got together, including an affair with one of his top producers.
A 2006 lawsuit alleges that Maury, now 85, had a relationship with Donna Benner Ingber, 20 years his junior.
Court documents also revealed that his talk show was a “hostile workplace” where alcohol and pornographic videos were commonplace, as well as parties known for “inviting open and notorious sexual activity.”
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Connie Chung is one of America’s best-known news anchors.
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According to the National Enquirer at the time, the lawsuit, filed by another producer on The Maury Show, left Connie “humiliated.”
A family friend said: “Connie has been humiliated over this lawsuit and the word from her friends is that she might demand a divorce from Maury.
“For years she considered herself a serious journalist and always put up with Maury’s questionable content on his syndicated television show.
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Connie Chung returned after being ‘fired’ from CBS Evening News during the early stages of her career.
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“But accusations of cheating and an extramarital affair are just too much for poor Connie.
“She’s crying to her friends that it’s even worse because she tied her reputation to Maury by doing a husband-and-wife news show for MSNBC.
“She refused to do a news show with him for years, and now that she has finally done so, he is embroiled in this scandalous lawsuit.
“She knows the lawsuit will likely put their personal lives in the spotlight – and she hates that. She would ultimately have no choice but to tell friends she wants a divorce.”
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Connie Chung documents the highs and lows of her career in a new memoir out next month.
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Former producer Bianca Nardi, who filed the multimillion-dollar lawsuit, told how another crew member asked her if she had booked a hotel room for ‘Donna to f*** Maury!’ after dinner.
A representative for the show denied the claims at the time, saying: “There is no merit to it.”
Connie herself had had an eventful career as she climbed the presentation ladder.
But in 1994, she was fired from her job at the CBS Evening News after her co-anchor Dan allegedly orchestrated her departure and deemed her a “threat.”
That was the opinion of her sister Josephine Chan at the time, who Connie confided in after her shock.
She said: “Connie was offered the job as co-anchor and it was like a dream come true. She never expected it to become a living nightmare.
“From the beginning, Dan was afraid she would take the anchor throne away from him. His philosophy was, “I’m going to get Connie before she gets me.”
“Dan needed a sacrificial lamb – and Connie was it.”
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