In a recent poll taken on the The 100 Most Trusted People In America, controversial news host Matt Lauer didn't end up faring quite as well as some of the other big names on the list.
Singer Chris Brown opened up to Matt Lauer on the Today show Monday about what he has learned since the 2009 assault incident with his girlfriend, Rihanna, and said he wouldn't repeat it.
Matt Lauer made headlines again when the NBC anchor issued an apology to a former intern who said the host was "not so nice" to him when he worked at the morning show.
Today show co-host Matt Lauer, who has been blamed for the departure of former co-host Ann Curry, could be replaced by CNN's Anderson Cooper by the end of the year.
Today show co-host Matt Lauer and former former co-host Ann Curry have been mostly connected to spiteful allegations, as Lauer has been blamed for her departure from the show last year.
Matt Lauer discussed Ann Curry's TODAY ouster for the first time in an exclusive interview. "I don't think the show and the network handled the transition well. You don't have to be Einstein to know that," Lauer told Daily Beast. "It clearly did not help us. We were seen as a family, and we didn't handle a family matter well."
Chelsea Handler ended her feud with TODAY host Matt Lauer. "I was just making fun of you or Al or somebody and then it got carried away. And apparently the NBC brass had to come and talk to me and say, 'Back off of Matt Lauer'," she admitted. Watch video
Matt Lauer is on taken a vacation during a critical time in the television industry. Lauer, 54, was seen on holiday in Colorado during TV's sweeps period, an important time when the industry does everything they can to boost ratings to help increase their advertising revenue.