{"id":49202,"date":"2022-06-13T20:38:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T20:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T20:38:21","slug":"katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Tur discusses estranged father becoming transgender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>MSNBC anchor Katy Tur said she was \u201cpuzzled\u201d when her now-estranged father &#8211; legendary journalist Bob Tur &#8211; told her he was transitioning to become a woman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dad said,&#8221; I am a woman &#8216;, &#8220;Katy Tur told CBS Sunday Morning, as she recounted their conversation from nearly a decade ago while promoting her upcoming memoir,&#8221; Rough Draft. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I said &#8216;What?&#8217;  And my dad said, &#8216;I&#8217;m a woman, I&#8217;m transitioning, I&#8217;m going to become a woman&#8217;. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old journalist is the daughter of media power couple Marika Gerrard and Zoey Tur &#8211; who before transitioning to become a woman gained fame as the helicopter cameraperson who was the first to film pivotal events in Los Angeles, including the 1992 riots and the OJ Simpson police chase in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard, a retired broadcast journalist and photographer, and Tur went on to co-found the Los Angeles News Service.<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 phone call would be the last time Tur talked to her dad, who has never met the two children she has with CBS News star Tony Dokoupil.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Katy Tur&#8217;s father, Zoey Tur<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ @ zoeytur<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Katy Tur revealed that her father was violent toward her, her brother, and her mother. \" class=\"wp-image-22634632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur revealed that her father was violent toward her, her brother, and her mother. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember being at first puzzled and saying, &#8216;You gotta be joking.  You&#8217;re kidding, what are you talking about? &#8216;\u201dShe said on the CBS morning show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd my dad was adamant,\u201d she said.  \u201c&#8217;I&#8217;m the wrong person.  I&#8217;m going to become the right person.  Don&#8217;t you see?  This is why I&#8217;ve been so angry &#8216;. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was really just, it was a lot,\u201d added Tur, who made a name for herself as MSNBC&#8217;s reporter covering Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katy Tur&#039;s new memoir reflects on childhood, motherhood, marriage and career\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTQUgd-SbBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tur said that her dad confessed to being violent with his wife and two children, including throwing batteries at her, her brother, and her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Zoey Tur told CBS Sunday Morning that she \u201cfailed\u201d her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She [Katy] really looked up to me, and I failed her, \u201dZoey Tur said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo father wants to fail their daughter\u2026 Throwing batteries?  Probably, yeah.  Punching walls?  There were a couple. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Zoey Tur said that her behavior during the marriage to Gerrard was due to her not being able to be her true self.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zoey Tur\" class=\"wp-image-22634685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-44.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Zoey Tur admitted to punching walls and throwing batteries at her children.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Katy Tur's mother is Marika Gerrard, a retired broadcast journalist and photographer.\" class=\"wp-image-22634636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur&#8217;s mother is Marika Gerrard, a retired broadcast journalist and photographer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Katy Tur has been estranged from her father since 2013. She has two young children with her husband, CBS News broadcaster Tony Dokoupil.\" class=\"wp-image-22634630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Katy Tur has been estranged from Zoey since 2013. She has two young children with her husband, CBS News broadcaster Tony Dokoupil.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said she made the decision to transition while sitting in a Florida hotel room.  Had she not become a woman, she said she would have ended her life di lei.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Zoey Tur said in an interview that coming out as transgender caught her daughter and ex-wife off guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew I was bisexual.  That was acceptable.  The transgender stuff, no.  No, that crossed the line, \u201dZoey Tur said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRough Draft\u201d was published by Simon &#038; Schuster.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC anchor Katy Tur said she was \u201cpuzzled\u201d when her now-estranged father &#8211; legendary journalist Bob Tur &#8211; told her he was transitioning to become a woman. &#8220;My dad said,&#8221; I am a woman &#8216;, &#8220;Katy Tur told CBS Sunday Morning, as she recounted their conversation from nearly a decade ago while promoting her upcoming &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/katy-tur-discusses-estranged-father-becoming-transgender\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Katy Tur discusses estranged father becoming transgender<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10],"tags":[638,1575,10948,8858,3728],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Katy-Tur-40.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}