Jessica Simpson, Sheryl Crow Announced as 'Katie's First Guests

Upcoming celebrity guests on new daytime talk show include Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum

By Lindsay Rubino -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/28/2012 2:07:07 PM

The first guests to grace the stage of Katie Couric's new daytime talk show, Katie, are singer and TV personality Jessica Simpson and music artist Sheryl Crow, it was announced Tuesday.

In the debut episode on Sept. 10, Simpson will discuss motherhood and her weight-related struggles while Crow, who sings the Katie theme song, will talk about her recently diagnosed brain tumor. On Sept. 11, Georgia grad student Aimee Copeland, who lost parts of her limbs to flesh-eating bacteria, will talk with Couric and walk the Katie stage using her prostheses.

In the upcoming weeks, celebrity guests include Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum, Chelsea Handler, Wendy Williams, Demi Lovato and Sofia Vergara, as well as the author of the bestselling book Fifty Shades of Grey, E L James.