Overview
- Povich embraced the 'gold digger' label in a new Interview magazine conversation with Adam Friedland, saying Chung earned about 10 times his salary when they married.
- He replied, 'Only because I married Connie Chung,' after Friedland praised his lifestyle, which he described as including a Montana home.
- The couple wed in 1984 after first meeting in Washington, D.C., and they have raised three children, including an adopted son.
- By the time of their wedding, Chung anchored NBC News at Sunrise and the Saturday NBC Nightly News, while Povich had not yet launched his tabloid talk show.
- They have reunited on projects over the years, including MSNBC’s Weekends with Maury and Connie in 2005, highlighting a long public partnership alongside their marriage.