Kroft's Sixty Minutes Confession: Love & Hate

0:00On April 6th, Steve Croft, the 80-year-old, retired 60 minutes correspondent, just dropped a bombshow. He told Bill O'Reilly on his podcast that he straight-up hated working on the show, even though it had its thrilling moments. Croft joined back in 1989 and stuck it out for three decades before retiring in 2019. The grind was non-stop, like 24 hours a day chasing stories on jets, hammering out scripts, screening footage, and looping right back around. He loved the big stories they let him chase, but coming in without the anchor cred, or big name, and he had to hustle extra hard from day one. Not everyone rode out the red carpet either. Croft said, joining felt fantastic at first, but he quickly learned it ruffled feathers, other folks wanted that spot bad, turning the place into a reel, snake pit of rivals. His run included heavy hitters like that. 1992 sit-down with Bill and Hillary Clinton, chats with Barack and Michelle Obama in 2002. 2008, Obama's final press interview in January 2017, and Woody Allen's only TV talk during

1:04his messy custody fight. Looking back now, it's clear Croft left a Mark exec's praise his sharp eye, deep reporting, and humanity in stories that broke news for years. That mix of love and hate sums up the high-stakes world he navigated, from the spotlight, powered by AI. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, today, I'm Corey with The Story.