Katie Couric is used to asking tough questions of her interviewees – and has happily grilled everyone from Barack Obama to Justin Bieber.
But the 60-year-old’s latest project sees her making a move away from the high profile interviewees she is used to, in favor of tackling total strangers to ask them about the most intimate aspects of their lives.
From their porn preferences to their underwear collections, Katie left no stone unturned in the video for InStyle that saw several rather bemused passersby accosted by the TV host in New York City.
Confession time! Former Today show anchor Katie Couric, 60, asked total strangers incredibly invasive and discomfort-inducing questions in the World Trade Center in New York City
Down and dirty: Katie asked strangers questions about their sex lives, porn, and cheating, with one shy woman (above) turning her porn inquiry around, asking, ‘Do you?’
Caught red handed! The Television Hall of Fame star also asked men if they manscape – or trim the hair around their nether regions
The former Today show anchor confronted strangers at the World Trade Center in New York City to ask some very intimate questions, starting with: ‘Do you watch porn?’
Her first victim was a young man a purple T-shirt, who actually appeared pretty unphased by Katie’s invasive question about his pornography watching habits.
Answering her inquiry about whether he watches porn with a laugh, he admitted: ‘Not anymore, I used to.’
Clearly thinking he would have earned himself a pass with his honest answer, he was slightly taken aback when she fired right back, ‘Why did you stop?’ leaving him completely speechless.
She then went after a girl donning black glasses who turned the same inquiry against Katie asking, ‘Do you?’
Katie, however, had no problem with the spotlight and did some honest answering herself with a nonchalant: ‘No, not really.’
She added: ‘I’m sometimes signed up for it at the hotel, but I watch 30 seconds and I’m like this is so gross and then I turn it off. Then I lose $9.99.’
Truth or date: Katie asked a couple from Colombia if the husband ever cheated on his wife. Hilariously, the couple got out of answering the question thanks to a language barrier
Nothing’s off limits! She approached a man and asked about his last rendezvous
An open book: This woman answered Katie’s question about the strangest thing in her underwear drawer with honesty, admitting it was a sticky bra that fell off of her on the subway
Then she approached a man in a suit and tie and, with a totally straight face, asked him whether or not he trims his pubic hair, saying: ‘Do you manscape?
The man laughed and turned away at the hair trimming inquiry.
A second man seemed incredibly shocked by the question but still went along with the fun.
‘Sure, I manscape the upper area here, just a little bit, just for the wife,’ he said rubbing his chest.
The next young man laughed and admitted, ‘Yes, but not enough to know that I manscape.’
By then, Katie was ready to drop the next bomb and she proceeded to ask the husband of a Colombian couple whether he had ever ‘cheated on his spouse’ – right in front of his wife.
Perhaps it was for the best that there was a language barrier and the couple quickly moved on after answering Katie’s invasive question with nothing more than a blank face.
After stopping several tourists Katie finally found a young man who was willing to speak with her, and jumped right in at the deep end, saying: ‘When was the last time you had sex?’
Starstruck: The blonde has reported for many years working for networks ABC, NBC and CBS
On sex and on the city: Her work spans sitting down with famous New Yorkers such as Sarah Jessica Parker (above) to everyday city citizens in the World Trade Center
Clearly unperturbed by her rather odd line of questioning, he hilariously answered: ‘A couple days ago, I’m good.’
Several women were stumped with her next inquiry of, ‘What’s the weirdest thing stashed in your underwear drawer?’ however.
A blonde answered ‘a pair of sticky boobs that are missing all their adhesive. They fell off of me on the subway the other day, but I still kept them.’
The cherry on top was the last question of, ‘What is your biggest date nightmare?’
‘So this guy walked in with no shoes and a ripped shirt and five minutes into the blind date he asked for my bra size,’ an open woman answered.
‘Needless to say, I’m married to a woman now,’ she added.
The video accompanies Katie’s article in the latest InStyle Issue entitled ‘The Importance of Asking Questions’.