EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jerry Springer To Katie Couric: 'Do The Opposite Of What I Do!'
April 5 2011, Published 11:00 a.m. ET
The self-proclaimed king of trash TV, Jerry Springer, has a word of advice for aspiring daytime chat show host Katie Couric: "Just take what I do, and do the exact opposite!"
Speaking exclusively to Breaking Celebrity News, the host of the highly-successful tabloid talk show, The Jerry Springer Show, spoke out about the CBS Evening News' anchor's plans to launch a syndicated show and leave the news desk.
"I can't talk advice for her... just take what I do and do the exact opposite," he said, adding: "I do a circus!"
Springer said: "I think people will tune in and she's really able to talk to people about anything from world leaders to all the dysfunctional people I talk to... although I don't think she'll go down that road."
Springer said the Emmy Award-winning journalist has what it takes to break into the world of talk -- a populated genre set to be vacated by the queen of talk Oprah Winfrey, who is set to end her popular daytime show after 25 years on Wednesday, May 25.
Anderson Cooper, Rosie O'Donnell and Martin Bashir have all confirmed television projects to compete for a share of Oprah's audience.
"I think Katie would be a natural for a