Following his swift termination from NBC’s Today, Matt Lauer has broken his silence about sexual harassment allegations that have been brought forward against him. Taking the form of a statement read by Savannah Guthrie at the start of Thursday morning’s broadcast, Lauer’s remarks acknowledged and apologized for some, but not all, of his reported behavior:…
Read moreAs the post-Weinstein reckoning rages on, longstanding Today show anchor Matt Lauer is the latest prominent man in media to be fired for sexual misconduct. On Wednesday morning, NBC announced that Lauer had been terminated. In a memo to company employees, NBC News Chairman Andy Lack wrote that the decision stemmed from “a detailed complaint…
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PHOTO: NBC This morning, in a shocking move, it was announced that NBC had fired Today co-host Matt Lauer over “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” He’s just the latest in a long line of powerful men, many in the media, to face a reckoning over their behavior in the weeks since the Harvey Weinstein…
Read moreWith news breaking Wednesday morning that Matt Lauer had been fired from Today following a “detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer,” his former co-hosts seemed visibly stunned and shaken by the news. As NBC News Chair Andy Lack told employees in a memo, the complaint was…
Read moreNBC has fired Matt Lauer for “inappropriate sexual behavior. “ At the top of the “Today” show, anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb delivered the message to viewers, revealing NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack wrote in a staff memo that there was a “complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by…
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