Maury Povich reveals iconic episode he’ll never forget as he looks back on talkshow career after retirement announcement
THE Maury show has provided viewers with many unforgettable moments throughout its 31-year run.
Now, legendary host Maury Povich has revealed the one iconic episode that he will never forget, following news of his retirement.
The 83-year-old made the comments during a Good Morning America appearance when Robin Roberts asked him to share his top memory of the show.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Maury’s top memory includes a paternity test, one of the staples of his show.
“There is one particular show that’s etched in my memory forever and that is when a woman was accusing a guy of being the father of her twins,” Maury said on Wednesday.
“And I opened up the envelope and I say, ‘you’re the father of one [twin] but not the other.'”
The veteran added that he looked at his staff in shock before he learned the situation was rare, but very much possible.
“With fraternal twins, if someone is pretty active over a 24, 48-hour period, you can have two fathers,” he told Roberts.
Indeed, heteropaternal superfecundation happens when a two or more of a woman’s eggs are fertilized by different men during the same ovulation period.
Maury explained that early on in the show’s history he decided he did not want to know results for lie detector or DNA tests ahead of time.
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“I didn’t want to know the results of lie detector tests, DNA tests, I didn’t want to know anything more than my guests, my live audience or the audience at home,” he shared.
The episode in question saw a mom named Regina trying to prove that her ex-boyfriend Eric was the father of her twins.
While Maury was shocked to learn of the rare occurrence, he was prepared to explain it to his audience when it happened a second time during a 2008 episode.
In that episode, 19-year-old mom Alejandrina discovered her ex-boyfriend Jose was the father of only one of her twin sons.
“I want to explain about this situation. Its happened before on this show with fraternal twins,” Maury said at the time.
“Less than one per cent of fraternal twins are from different fathers, to be accurate 0.001 per cent of the time and this is one of those less than one per cent.”
Maury has been slated to end live production this Spring, as Maury plans to retire.
Even though the show will finish filming at the end of this season, original episodes will be aired through September.
Subsequently, reruns of the show will air in syndication.
In 1991, the program began as The Maury Povich Show, before its title was shortened in 1998.
The controversial series followed social issues and hotly-tipped topics that involved not only the guests on the show, but also the live studio audience.
Maury was last renewed two years ago through the 2021-2022 television season, according to a press release from NBCUniversal obtained by People.
“Maury and I decided two years ago that this season would be the farewell season for the show, and while his retirement is bittersweet, we are so happy for him to be able to spend more time on the golf course,” Tracie Wilson, EVP of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, explained in a statement to Deadline.
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