Journalist Connie Chung and her husband of 40 years, Maury Povich, have been promoting Connie's new book, Connie: A Memoir. When speaking about how they've remained happily married for so many years, Connie and Maury have cited their senses of humor — which is evident in the way that they banter with each other while promoting Connie's memoir.
In a video shared on Instagram, Connie explained that she started an Instagram account to help promote her new memoir. "Hi, I'm Connie Chung," she says in the video. Her husband Maury, the former television personality, sits beside her and introduces himself with, "And I'm Mr. Chung."
"No you're not," Connie quickly retorts, laughing. Once she stops laughing, Connie goes on to explain that she has just written a memoir, which prompted her to join Instagram.
"It's called @conniechungpovich because I'm Mrs. Povich," she says, turning to face Maury.
"And I'm Mr. Chung," he repeats.
Connie begins to introduce her husband, whom she referred to as her "baby daddy" in the caption, but he interjects to say, "You don't have to introduce me on Instagram."
"Oh, OK," Connie responds. "I know. You have 1 million followers." In an interview with People, Connie explained that people often think that she's the serious one in their relationship given that she was a journalist and Maury is known for saying, "You are not the father." However, there's a side to Maury that many people don't see, she told the publication.
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"Maury has this persona on television, but he's very serious and I'm crazy. And people don't know that. They think I'm serious," Connie explained to People.
She added that her "baby daddy" is actually "a voracious reader."
"He's a political buff. He's a history buff. And I've always said to him, 'It's great that you're determining the paternity of every child in America, not that there's anything wrong with it, but you could run circles around these intellectual snobs,'" Connie told People.
Much of what Connie writes about in her memoir is serious. After all, she was the first Asian woman to co-anchor a national evening newscast (and only the second woman to do so). In the book, she details dealing with sexism and racism while working as a journalist.
In an excerpt from the memoir shared by CBS News, Connie writes, "Maybe someone can figure out if being the only Asian reporter was a help or a hindrance. I still don't know. There was no doubt that the racism I experienced was as reprehensible as the sexism."
But as she promotes the book, her sense of humor shines through as well. "I've written my memoir, and I'd like you to buy it," Connie says in her Instagram video. "Because I don't want to sponge off Maury anymore, and I need to make some money."
"Don't pitch too hard," Maury laughs. He adds that there are secrets about him included in the book.
"You know, life is all about Maury," Connie quips in the video.
While her book is definitely not all about Maury, she writes in her memoir, per The Washington Post, that "were it not for Maury, I could never have had the career I had."
"He has been my foundation, my support beam, my love, my partner in every way, for decades," she adds.
