Maury Povich reveals key for 41-year marriage to Connie Chung
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Anika Reed, USA TODAYDecember 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Look back at their marriage in photos, starting here, as they attend SiriusXM's celebration of 10 years of Andy Cohen's Radio Andy channel at Crane Club on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>TV icons Maury Povich and Connie Chung are still making news with their love story more than 40 years later. Talk show host Povich and TV news trailblazer Chung wed in 1984, and they "love each other to death," Povich tells USA TODAY.Look back at their marriage in photos, starting here, as they attend SiriusXM's celebration of 10 years of Andy Cohen's Radio Andy channel at Crane Club on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City.
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TV icons Maury Povich and Connie Chung are still making news with their love story more than 40 years later. Talk show host Povich and TV news trailblazer Chung wed in 1984, and they "love each other to death," Povich tells USA TODAY.Look back at their marriage in photos, starting here, as they attend SiriusXM's celebration of 10 years of Andy Cohen's Radio Andy channel at Crane Club on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City.
">TV icons Maury Povich and Connie Chung are still making news with their love story more than 40 years later. Talk show host Povich and TV news trailblazer Chung wed in 1984, and they "love each other to death," Povich tells USA TODAY.Look back at their marriage in photos, starting here, as they attend SiriusXM's celebration of 10 years of Andy Cohen's Radio Andy channel at Crane Club on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/bo0QklAXBcWNqWxCZfa4Wg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNzYw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/e9be7f96ac8fc3856e988d239c9cd6ed class=caas-img>They're seen here at the National Board of Review Awards, hosted at Tavern On The Green in New York City on Jan. 16, 2001.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>Maury Povich and Connie Chung met as fellow TV news journalists working at Washington, D.C., station WTTG, nearly 20 years before they wed. "Every time an anniversary comes around, I tell her that we're going to take this marriage one decade at a time," Povich tells USA TODAY.They're seen here at the National Board of Review Awards, hosted at Tavern On The Green in New York City on Jan. 16, 2001.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung met as fellow TV news journalists working at Washington, D.C., station WTTG, nearly 20 years before they wed. "Every time an anniversary comes around, I tell her that we're going to take this marriage one decade at a time," Povich tells USA TODAY.They're seen here at the National Board of Review Awards, hosted at Tavern On The Green in New York City on Jan. 16, 2001.
">Maury Povich and Connie Chung met as fellow TV news journalists working at Washington, D.C., station WTTG, nearly 20 years before they wed. "Every time an anniversary comes around, I tell her that we're going to take this marriage one decade at a time," Povich tells USA TODAY.They're seen here at the National Board of Review Awards, hosted at Tavern On The Green in New York City on Jan. 16, 2001.
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" style=padding-bottom:56%>Chung and Povich now balance their busy working schedules (his "On Par" podcast and her new bestselling memoir) in the next act of their careers. "She's been my go-to personality all these years. I have always thought of myself as Mr. Chung, and I still do," Povich tells USA TODAY.They're seen here as Povich, right, accepts the Lifetime Achievement award on stage from Chung, left, during the 50th Daytime Emmy Creative Arts and Lifestyle Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites on Dec. 16, 2023, in Los Angeles.
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Chung and Povich now balance their busy working schedules (his "On Par" podcast and her new bestselling memoir) in the next act of their careers. "She's been my go-to personality all these years. I have always thought of myself as Mr. Chung, and I still do," Povich tells USA TODAY.They're seen here as Povich, right, accepts the Lifetime Achievement award on stage from Chung, left, during the 50th Daytime Emmy Creative Arts and Lifestyle Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites on Dec. 16, 2023, in Los Angeles.
">Chung and Povich now balance their busy working schedules (his "On Par" podcast and her new bestselling memoir) in the next act of their careers. "She's been my go-to personality all these years. I have always thought of myself as Mr. Chung, and I still do," Povich tells USA TODAY.They're seen here as Povich, right, accepts the Lifetime Achievement award on stage from Chung, left, during the 50th Daytime Emmy Creative Arts and Lifestyle Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites on Dec. 16, 2023, in Los Angeles.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the sixth season premiere of the HBO series "The Sopranos" at the Museum of Modern Art, on March 7, 2006, in New York City.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the sixth season premiere of the HBO series "The Sopranos" at the Museum of Modern Art, on March 7, 2006, in New York City.
">Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the sixth season premiere of the HBO series "The Sopranos" at the Museum of Modern Art, on March 7, 2006, in New York City.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/AoSm3jGPgmKRjvCtq9zkmQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNTg2/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/9f44ea8275e8463f6aed1528e89081c7 class=caas-img>Maury Povich and Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City. Povich won the Governors Award, which is an honorary Emmy that recognizes outstanding achievements in the television industry.
" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8UXX1WbJSEZ8WRZhYNVnDw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNzg2/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/b6442b03a3d58be8e42fb21ddd5fccc2 class=caas-img data-headline="See Maury Povich and Connie Chung's 41-year love story" data-caption="
Maury Povich and Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City. Povich won the Governors Award, which is an honorary Emmy that recognizes outstanding achievements in the television industry.
">Maury Povich and Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City. Povich won the Governors Award, which is an honorary Emmy that recognizes outstanding achievements in the television industry.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8UXX1WbJSEZ8WRZhYNVnDw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNzg2/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/b6442b03a3d58be8e42fb21ddd5fccc2 class=caas-img>Maury Povich speaks with Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City.
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Maury Povich speaks with Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City.
">Maury Povich speaks with Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City.
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Connie Chung and Maury Povich arrive for a screening of "Feast of Love" in September 2007 at a theater in New York.
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Connie Chung and Maury Povich arrive for a screening of "Feast of Love" in September 2007 at a theater in New York.
">Connie Chung and Maury Povich arrive for a screening of "Feast of Love" in September 2007 at a theater in New York.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung arrive at the 11th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter March 30, 2011, in Las Vegas.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung arrive at the 11th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter March 30, 2011, in Las Vegas.
">Maury Povich and Connie Chung arrive at the 11th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter March 30, 2011, in Las Vegas.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the 11th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter March 30, 2011, in Las Vegas.
">Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the 11th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter March 30, 2011, in Las Vegas.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the Amazon red carpet premiere screening of the original drama series "Good Girls Revolt" at Hearst Tower on Oct. 18, 2016, in New York City.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the Amazon red carpet premiere screening of the original drama series "Good Girls Revolt" at Hearst Tower on Oct. 18, 2016, in New York City.
">Maury Povich and Connie Chung attend the Amazon red carpet premiere screening of the original drama series "Good Girls Revolt" at Hearst Tower on Oct. 18, 2016, in New York City.
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TV icons Maury Povich and Connie Chung are still making news with their love story more than 40 years later. Talk show host Povich and TV news trailblazer Chung wed in 1984, and they "love each other to death," Povich tells USA TODAY.Look back at their marriage in photos, starting here, as they attend SiriusXM's celebration of 10 years of Andy Cohen's Radio Andy channel at Crane Club on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City.
NEW YORK — If there's a question of how to make a marriage last, Maury Povich may have the answer.
Povich is one-half of a TV power couple with his wife, veteran news anchor Connie Chung. The pair, who've been married for 41 years, are still taking life as it comes – if not quite day by day.
"Every time an anniversary comes around, I tell her that we're going to take this marriage one decade at a time," he says.
They met as fellow TV news journalists working at Washington, D.C., station WTTG, nearly 20 years before they wed in 1984. Now in the next act of their careers, Chung, 79, and Povich, 86, balance their busy working schedules (his "On Par" podcast and her new bestselling memoir) with visits to their Montana ranch, where they spend part of the year outside of their home in New York.
Maury Povich speaks with wife Connie Chung at the 2006 New York Emmy Awards at the the Marriott Marquis on March 12, 2006, in New York City. Povich won the Governors Award, which is an honorary Emmy that recognizes outstanding achievements in the television industry.
The secret sauce is lots of understanding, and more than a sprinkle of love, he says.
"We love each other to death. There are a lot of days we don't like each other, and that's fine." But, Povich says, "I think, more than anything else, the reason why it worked is because we understood the business we were in. I mean, I'm married to my wife. She comes home, she says, 'I have to go to Pakistan. I'll see you in a week or so.' OK, fine, I understand that. Some people, some husbands, might say, 'What the hell is that? Who's going to take care of the kid?' So what? And if I say, 'I'm going to go to Nashville to do a week of [interviewing] country music stars,' [she says,] 'OK, fine.'
"The understanding of what we go through, the pressure we're under a lot, I think that kind of care has gone a long way with the two of us," Povich says.
Maury Povich, left, and Connie Chung attend a cocktail reception celebrating Barbara Walters at the Four Seasons Restaurant on May 14, 2014, in New York City.
They share one child together, 30-year-old Matthew, in addition to two more from Povich's first marriage, as well as their 4-year-old golden retriever, Taxi. Their shared careers in the TV journalism industry, Povich says, helped strengthen their bond.
"She's been my go-to personality all these years. I have always thought of myself as Mr. Chung, and I still do," he says. "She was a big star way before I ever was, and I don't mind."
Povich recalls being "a local news anchor and reporter, traipsing around the country trying to make a name for myself." Meanwhile, Chung "was a star at CBS, when she was 25 years old in Washington, covering Watergate and all the activities that were going on in the early 1970s, and then she became a big anchor in Los Angeles, and then a network anchor."
But Povich "was still trying to find myself."
"I'd get fired from a job. [Then] I left the job I was at, [and] I worked in four different cities in seven years," he says. "We got married in 1984, and within two years, Rupert Murdoch brings me to New York to start the show called 'A Current Affair,'" the TV newsmagazine which ran for four years before "The Maury Povich Show" began airing in 1991.
"The rest is history. And I guarantee you, it's because that woman agreed to marry me," he says.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Maury Povich, Connie Chung have been married for 41 years. Here's how
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