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.
NBC will not let Ann Curry tape live interviews, according to a report. The "peacock network" will only run pre-taped segments with the former "TODAY" show host. "She's been pushing for live interviews, but NBC will only air her taped interviews, presumably so they can edit them," a source told The New York Post.
NBC has created a new "TODAY" campaign starring Matt Lauer and Al Roker in a bid to quickly revamp the brand- and Lauer's image-but the efforts aren't working out as planned.
Chelsea Handler, the late night talk show host known for her acid tongue, was reportedly told to quit ripping into "TODAY" anchor Matt Lauer. Handler, 37, and her staff of writers received the warning from Comcast- the brass that owns both NBC and E!- after she made a dig about Matt Lauer- Ann Curry reported feud.
Curry, who has requested that the peacock network end her contract so that's he can begin a new gig at CNN, has learned that executives at NBC will only consider releasing her only if she does not appear on television for the next six months.
Two weeks after former "TODAY" co-anchor Ann Curry has asked NBC to let her out of her contract so she can begin a new position at CNN, her former colleague Matt Lauer is defending her request and has also asked NBC executives to sever her contract. "Matt thinks that NBC should let Ann out of her contract so that she can take the CNN gig," a source told Radar Online.
Curry's former co-host, Matt Lauer, has been taking the heat in public from critics for her departure, according to TMZ. Sources told the gossip site that people have been yelling at him in the street, saying "You're a bad guy" and it has left him "freaked out." The report adds that Lauer has been "miserable," complete strangers are placing the blame on him for her removal by telling him,"You got Ann fired. Does that make you happy?"
Pippa Middleton might appear on NBC's "TODAY" show for a lucrative deal where she would become a contributing royal correspondent according to a source. Middleton, the younger sister to Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, is reportedly being offered $600,000 to appear on "TODAY' show only 20 times within a year.
In a recent interview with Matt Lauer on "TODAY" actress Anne Hathaway skillfully shifted the conversation about her recent wardrobe malfunction into the spotlight on her character Fantine in her upcoming film "Les Miserables." Hathaway appeared poised and unaffected by Lauer's questioning, her fans on Twitter have come to her defense and blasted the anchor for what they consider inappropriate questioning.
