A random text, a rat, Christmas dinner, and a viral moment all ultimately led to a great story for Katie Couric. However, while this story was crazy, it turned out to be too good to be true, as the reporter revealed while recounting her exchange on her Instagram.
Couric received a text message Wednesday from a stranger named Susan. Susan was beside herself because there was supposedly a rat in her bathroom. The journalist was confused because she didn’t have the number, and from there the conversation continued, which she posted on Instagram, and you can read here:
As you can see, the woman didn’t believe she was texting the real Katie Couric, and the reporter ended up sending her a photo of herself to prove it. Then Susan replied by saying:
According to the texts, Susan’s son caught the mouse in a Tupperware and wanted to name the rodent Splinter. They then talked about Couric’s Christmas visit because text messages from him had gone viral. Susan then explained that the reporter couldn’t just show up, she had to clean up first. Who Mail sent a screenshot of:
The conversation ended with Couric wishing Susan good luck at her next doctor’s appointment and urging her to give up smoking.
It turns out Couric should have questioned Susan’s identity as well, because it ended up being a scam, as she wrote in her caption. The Danger guest wrote an update in her caption that read:
Okay… I’m so disappointed. I think it’s a scam. A friend of mine received the same SMS. I don’t think Susan is real. I am very sad. (A famous friend of mine received the same message and immediately blocked it.) But he looks like he brought us together. So there’s this. Take care, Susan, and even if you’re not really Susan, I hope that if you smoke you’ll quit.
While it was a big disappointment it ended up being a scam, Couric hasn’t lost its Christmas spirit (as you can see from his other holiday messages ) and many people had a lot of fun with all these interactions.
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God, I’m dying because everyone thought it was real. Suddenly I froze
Others, like Naomi Watts, star of one of the The best films of David Lynch Mulholland Drivemay not have seen the update and commented:
Like the good old days when strangers would talk to each other and help each other. ❤️❤️🙌🙌 The best!!
And a few others like it Scandal star of kerry washington they just had fun with the situation and commented:
I approve this message! #Stop smokingSusan 😂
Even if this wild situation is more incomplete than Dwayne Johnson pranks Ryan Reynolds or some of Jim’s best drinks Office , Couric takes the situation lightly and handles the scam with a good sense of humor. And who knows, maybe after all this Susan, if that’s her real name, she’ll walk away.
Source: Cinemablend
