WATCH: In Honor of 3000 Episodes of Maury, its Host went on the View to Throw Shade at Oprah
Maury Povich‘s Maury is a modern television staple. There is always some sort of drama leading up to and following the famous pronouncement of, “You are not the father!” After all this time, the talkshow still gets people talking and Povich knows what people are tuning in for and embraces the status his show has achieved in contemporary pop culture. In fact, he showed up at The View today to talk about the last 3,000 episodes of the show.
You read that correctly. Povich has done his show 3,000 times. Certainly, not all of his shows are based on DNA testing, but the majority of the infamous episodes are, so consider how many times Povich has had to make his famous declaration over the course of 3,000 episodes.
Above, you get to see a few things. First, there was a quick run-down of some of the best reactions to a paternity verdict. Then, there was a segment during which Joy Behar‘s best friend Susie Essman answered some questions with Maury‘s own lie detector specialist. Finally, Povich took aim at another sultan of sit-down interviews, Oprah Winfrey.
He said this:
Oprah, she used to give me a shot, [like] she wouldn’t do a show like that. Guess what? If you go to the early Oprah shows, she was down and dirty a little bit.
That got a resounding “oooooooh!” from the cast of The View. Then, Whoopi Goldberg quickly reminded everyone that Povich is married to Connie Chung, which is a fact I regularly forget. Every time I remember, I am shocked all over again.
That Maury Povich is always full of surprises.
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