Katie Couric interviewed Jennifer Wilbanks on NBC News. Jennifer became famous in 2005 when she disappeared the week before her wedding. The nation watched and worried as law enforcement officials tried to find her, but the situation turned out to be a hoax. The bride-to-be had hopped on a Greyhound bus and made up a story about being abducted. She was later dubbed the "Runaway Bride."

During the conversation, Katie asked: "What do you hope people take away from this interview, Jennifer?"

The young woman replied, "I hope that people will allow me to learn who I truly am. So I hope that as I go through this healing process and start to learn more about myself, accept myself, love myself for who I am, then everybody else will, too. And that I will no longer be the Runaway Bride. Then maybe a lot of these people could call me friend, or call me by my real name—Jennifer."