Ann Curry says 'Today' departure 'still hurts' but has 'no regrets' on how she behaved

Ann Curry has "no regrets" when it comes to the way she handled her time at the "Today" show.

During an interview with Elle Thursday, the journalist, 63, opened up about whether she thought her decision to inform NBC executives about her former co-anchor Matt Lauer's behavior led to her unceremonious departure from the show in 2012.

“I still don’t really understand it. If I had known what was happening in the back rooms of power, then I would know. I obviously was not in those rooms... I think that many people have guessed why (I was replaced), but I’ve held myself back. I’ve asked people why, and I haven’t gotten a good answer."

She continued, "I have no regrets about how I’ve behaved. And I’m very proud, in spite of everything, of all the work I was able to achieve. I don’t really think about it very often; I really don’t. But when I do, it does hurt still, because it takes time to heal. But what I’ve learned is that you rise stronger.”

In a 2018 report from The Washington Post, Curry said a female staffer informed her that she had been “sexually harassed physically” by Lauer and Curry approached two members of NBC management with concerns in 2012. Five years later, Lauer was fired for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.

Curry added that she feels like she did everything she "should have done" when asked about how, in hindsight, she feels about her time at "Today."

Later in the interview, Curry circled back to a question, saying, "I feel I skirted your question, and I don’t like to do that."

“I think because of how I was feeling, I didn’t answer directly. You asked me how I look back on the show. I was feeling deeply, and I needed a moment," she explained. "The bottom line is that it still hurts. It honestly hurts really deeply, because I really think I did nothing wrong."

She continued, "But in spite of the pain of it, which still lingers, I know that I contributed to some people suffering less. But I tell you, it was tough,” she adds. “It was hard to walk that line, to not add more (suffering). Boy, oh boy, was it tough.”

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