Katie Couric, Boyfriend Split After 5 Years

Brooks Perlin and Katie Couric Katie Couric and her boyfriend of 5 years, entrepreneur Brooks Perlin, have split, People reviews.The breakup was "inevitable," a resource informs playboy, since the two were at different procedures in their careers. Poll: Which 2011 celebrity breakup shocked the most?Couric, 54, and Perlin, 37, met in a 2006 fundraising event for cancer research, and she or he was concerned about their 17-year age difference. Her husband, Jay Monahan, with whom she's two kids, died of colon cancer in 1998.Couric, who left the CBS Evening News in June, is focusing on her new syndicated ABC daytime show, Katie, that will come from September.