Katie Couric Splits with Brooks Perlin

Katie Couric Splits with Brooks Perlin

Katie Couric has split with her boy-toy boyfriend Brooks Perlin after five years, Page Six can exclusively reveal. A friend, speaking on Couric’s behalf, confirmed to us, “They have decided to move on. Brooks is a great person and a real gentleman; he and Katie enjoyed their time together. Brooks is in the process of moving out of her home.”

In May, Couric, hinted the future was cloudy for her and Perlin, CFO at Eco Supply Center, a green building-materials distributor. Mother-of-two Couric, 54, who lost her husband, Jay Monahan, to colon cancer in 1998, met Perlin in 2006 at an event to raise money for cancer research at the Louis Licari Hair Salon.

Of the age difference, she told People, “I’ve been called all kinds of things. Of Perlin she added at the time, “He’s incredibly kind, caring and sensitive . . . Even if we are not on the same page all the time, I like being in his space.” Katie Couric has split with boyfriend Brooks Perlin after five years, Page Six reported Tuesday.

"They have decided to move on," a friend told the paper, saying that things had been rocky for months and that businessman Perlin is moving out of Couric's Upper East Side home. Speaking about him in April, Couric said, ""He's incredibly kind, caring and sensitive. Katie Couric is again single — and ready to mingle, Gossip Cop confirms. Couric, who lost her husband Jay Monahan to cancer in 1998, met Perlin at a cancer research fundraiser in 2006. The eligible bachelorette is now prepping for the September debut of her new syndicated talk show.