Katie Couric just wasn’t willing to go the distance. According to Edward Klein’s book “Katie: The Real Story” (via The Boston Herald), the journalist felt inclined to renew her contract with “Today” instead of moving to Los Angeles so she could be with Tom Werner. As a result of the long-distance challenges, the pair decided to end their romantic relationship in 2002. “In early June Tom called Katie at her Park Avenue apartment to tell her that it was all over between them,” Klein said. Per CNN, an insider close to Couric shared that the long-distance set up took a toll on the pair. A friend of Werner later explained that neither party was interested in a relationship where they couldn’t be physically present with one another. “They both felt they deserved to be in a loving relationship with someone they could see every day,” they shared.
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Yet, that wasn’t the end of it, as Werner and Couric resumed their relationship after the producer’s divorce was finalized in 2004. Couric apparently had high hopes for their future and believed they’d get married soon. Yet, tying the knot just wasn’t in the cards for Werner, as Klein shared, “Now that he was free to remarry, he wasn’t all that sure he was ready for a new commitment.” Werner ended up calling it quits for good over email, a move that Couric reportedly “never fully recovered from.” Klein wrote, “It was a long message which described how Tom did not feel he could continue his relationship with her.”
