Maury Povich, the 87-year-old television host, has confessed that he married his wife Connie Chung for her money. In an interview with comedian Adam Friedland for Interview magazine, Povich joked that he is a 'gold digger', saying that his wife was earning ten times what he was when they tied the knot in 1984.
Povich said that his success only came after marrying Chung, who was then a prominent broadcast journalist anchoring NBC News. 'I've been Mr. Chung for almost 40 years,' he told CBS in 2022, adding that his wife 'settled me, encouraged me, and she was a believer in what I had to offer.'
The couple first met in 1969 and began co-anchoring a segment on a Los Angeles CBS affiliate in 1977. They later co-hosted a weekend news programme on MSNBC in 2005. Povich rose to fame with his tabloid talk show 'Maury' in 1991, seven years after their marriage.
Chung presented Povich with a Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023, a year after his show ended. Last year, Povich launched a golf podcast, with Chung as his first guest. The couple have three children: Susan, Amy, and Matthew.
