By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Assistant Managing Editor

Ex-TODAY anchor, Katie Couric, is blasting NBC for how the Peacock network handled Ann Curry's firing from the one-time morning news ratings leader, saying she feels very bad for her former colleague, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting.

Couric, who is busy promoting her much anticipated ABC talk show, told the Philadelphia Inquirer: "I felt really bad for Ann. I still don't understand why they didn't give her a sort of a proper send-off. Ann did some extraordinary work during her time there. It was just not the best chapter in the TODAY show. It made me sad for the institution."

Curry was infamously dumped as the co-anchor of TODAY after Good Morning America started to beat the long-time number one show. Couric was a part of the TODAY family from 1991 until 2006 and worked with Curry extensively during that time.

Despite having been part of the TODAY family for more than 15 years, Curry was given a less than stellar send-off and tearfully told viewers in an awkward five minute segment: "This is not easy to say, but today's going to be my last morning as regular co-host of TODAY.

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