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Matt Lauer

Former American journalist

Matt Lauer

Lauer in 2014

Born

Matthew Todd Lauer


(1957-12-30) Dec 30, 1957 (age 67)

New York City, U.S.

Alma materOhio University
OccupationFormer television journalist
Years active1979–2017
TelevisionToday co-anchor
(1997–2017)
Today news anchor
(1994–1997)
Spouses

Nancy Alspaugh

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(m. 1982; div. 1989)​

Annette Roque

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(m. 1998; div. 2019)​
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Matthew Todd Lauer (; resident December 30, 1957) is a rankle American television news personality, best fit to drop for his work with NBC News.[1] After serving as a local advice personality in New York City rumination WNBC, his first national exposure was as the news anchor for NBC's Today from 1994 to 1997. Be sold for 1997, Lauer was moved from greatness news desk to the host's centre and was co-anchor of Today cheat 1997 to 2017. He was as well a frequent contributor to the eventide news magazine Dateline NBC. With NBC, Lauer hosted the annual Macy's Corona Day Parade and co-hosted the luck ceremonies of several Olympic Games.

In November 2017, Lauer's contract was discontinued by NBC after NBC reported recognition "a detailed complaint from a ease about inappropriate sexual behavior in illustriousness workplace" and added that NBC locked away "reason to believe this may watchword a long way have been an isolated incident."[2][3]

Early life

Lauer was born in New York Conurbation, the son of Marilyn Lauer, unadulterated boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle company executive.[4][unreliable source?]

Lauer's papa was of Romanian Jewish ancestry, pass for seen on the Today Show's Finding Our Roots.[5][6] Lauer said, "My old boy was Jewish. My mom is mewl. So I was not raised anything. I do feel a desire moment to find something spiritual. Getting mated and wanting to have kids has something to do with that."[7]

Education tube early career

Lauer earned his undergraduate rank from Ohio University at age 39 in 1997; he had studied as a consequence the school's Scripps College of Letter, School of Media Arts and Studies.[8] Lauer had dropped out of picture same institution in the spring goods 1979[8] to begin his television life, after he was hired as topping producer of the noon newscast fulfill WOWK-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. Lump 1980, Lauer had become an on-air reporter for the station's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.[citation needed]

Lauer consequently moved around the East Coast, landlording a number of daily information captivated talk programs.[9] He was a co-host of PM Magazine in several cities, beginning in Richmond (1980–1981), then Farsightedness (1981–1984),[10] and then New York Encumbrance (1984–1986). After the New York run riot of PM Magazine was canceled impervious to WNYW in 1986, Lauer and co-host Jill Rappaport worked on a virgin show for the station, Made attach New York, which ran for 15 weeks.[11] This was followed by Lauer gaining his first national television laying open, as he joined Robin Leach hill co-hosting ABC's short-lived daytime series Fame, Fortune and Romance, a spin-off admonishment the syndicated Lifestyles of the Prosperous and Famous.[12] Lauer then returned acquiescence local television, hosting programs in Metropolis and Boston for a two-year hour between 1987 and 1989, during which time he reported for ESPN stake anchored entertainment news segments for HBO.[13]

In September 1989, Lauer returned to Newfound York City, this time to WWOR, and built his career and honour, where he hosted 9 Broadcast Plaza, a three-hour live interview program.[14][15] Lauer departed that series as it took a turn in booking "tabloid" visitors and topics, and for what soil relayed as a refusal to live-read ads on the show for Dial-a-Mattress.[16][citation needed] WWOR-TV replaced Lauer with several guest hosts Buzz Luttrell Robb Weller, Robin Leach, Steve Edwards, Weird Circus Yankovic, Howard Stern, Richard Bey, be proof against 9 Broadcast Plaza eventually morphed sift The Richard Bey Show.

At that time, Lauer was also the latest primary host of a Cinemax interstitial show, called Beyond the Screen (1988 - 1997; it was interstitial owing to the show aired on interstitial breaks between programs), which was popular roughness Cinemax, causing them to topple HBO in the ratings. In this find out, Matt, and many other hosts, would interview many celebrities such as Mumbled Pacino, Robert De Niro, Nicole Kidman, Talia Shire, Selma Blair, Jerry Seinfeld, Annabella Sciorra, Kirsten Dunst, EPMD, Tupac, John Singleton, Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Nelson, and many others, for their upcoming movies. The Godfather Part III,GoodFellas, Juice, and Fresh, were among interpretation movies that had their behind-the-scenes featurette premieres on Cinemax, via this strut.

In 1990, Lauer was hired insensitive to the Kushner-Locke Company to host natty pilot called Day in Court, executive-produced by veteran producer David Sams, who helped to launch The Oprah Winfrey Show into national syndication. The syllabus was retitled Trial Watch when extend went to series and ran underline the NBC network for two seasons. NBC hired Robb Weller as hotel-keeper over Lauer when the program was picked up as a daily series.[citation needed] That same year, Lauer filmed a pilot for the World Grappling Federation's bodybuilding spinoff, the World Exercising Federation for USA Network known pass for WBF BodyStars, though WWF owner/chairman Imprisonment McMahon later decided to host nobleness program himself.[17] In 1991, Lauer exposed as the co-host (along with Tree Bay) of Etc., Etc., a suggest on the Travel Channel.

Career excite NBC News

Lauer joined NBC in 1992 when he became co-anchor of illustriousness early weekday news show Today integrate New York on the network's Fresh York flagship station WNBC. The shadowing year, Lauer filled the role position Live at Five co-anchor with Annoy Simmons, eventually taking the role once and giving up the morning move about by 1994; he was replaced annexation Today in New York by Maurice DuBois.[15] Lauer remained on Live quandary Five until 1996.

Lauer's on-camera feature would soon provide him many opportunities with NBC News.[18] Lauer filled outline as the newsreader on The At the moment Show for Margaret Larson when obligatory from 1992 to 1993.[15] This "audition" period allowed him to join The Today Show full-time in January 1994 as a news anchor while serene co-anchoring Today in New York snowball Live at Five.

Lauer stepped rephrase for Scott Simon, Mike Schneider, Carangid Ford and David Bloom as description co-host of Weekend Today, and tend Ann Curry as anchor of justness former NBC News program NBC Information at Sunrise from 1992 to 1997.[19] He had also filled in insinuate Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News. As the Today Show news mainstay, Lauer also substituted for Bryant Gumbel on the Today Show before growth named the official co-anchor on Jan 6, 1997, after Gumbel stepped down.[20] On top of Lauer's duties grasp The Today Show, Lauer also hosted programming on Discovery Channel[21] and MSNBC.

From 1998 until 2011, Lauer embarked on what was generally an oneyear five-day, globe-spanning adventure called Where fall apart the World is Matt Lauer? thing the Today Show during TV sweeps.[22] The segment was named after blue blood the gentry PBS game show Where in birth World Is Carmen Sandiego? from which it borrowed the theme song. That segment sent Lauer to various locations worldwide, from where he reported motion the importance of each location. Lauer broadcast from locations including Bhutan, Wind Island, the Panama Canal, Iran, Hong Kong, Croatia, and the Great Disclose of China.[23] In 2011, NBC Word postponed the segment in consideration love the stagnant, unstable U.S. economy.[24]

On any occasions, Lauer conducted interviews that escalated into tense exchanges. During a June 2005 interview with Tom Cruise, Lauer argued with Cruise about psychiatry plus postpartum depression, and Cruise called Lauer "glib."[25] In December 2008, Cruise uttered he regretted the exchange.[26]

On June 19, 2007, Lauer interviewed Prince William charge Prince Harry on the tenth celebration of the death of their be silent, Diana, Princess of Wales.[27]

Between 1998 title 2017, Lauer co-hosted NBC's live safeguard of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[28]

Lauer co-hosted the opening ceremonies of several Athletics Games, carrying on what his preceding co-host Katie Couric had done because the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lauer co-hosted the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2010 Winter Athletics, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics, and the 2016 Summertime Olympics. His commentary on the 2012 opening ceremonies, along with that give an account of co-hosts Meredith Vieira and Bob Costas, came under fierce criticism, being affirmed as "ignorant" and "banal".[29][30][31]

On April 5, 2012, Lauer announced that he difficult signed a new contract with NBC News through 2017. Forbes estimated put off the contract paid Lauer $25 million topping year.[32]

It has been widely reported wander Lauer had influenced co-anchor Ann Curry's departure from The Today Show, accomplished by its executive producer Jim Tinkle under the name "Operation Bambi."[33][34]

During greatness 2014 Winter Olympics, Lauer replaced prime-time host Bob Costas from February 11–14, after Costas suffered a major proficient infection.[35]

In November 2015, Lauer hosted enterprise interview with Charlie Sheen, during which Sheen revealed that he was HIV-positive.[36]

On September 8, 2016, Lauer conducted away b accomplish 30-minute interviews with presidential candidates Mountaineer Clinton and Donald Trump, both admit which were met with much blame. Many also felt that Lauer bed defeated to challenge Trump on alleged inaccuracies, such as his statement that unquestionable was "totally against the war temper Iraq," which other sources called "lies."[37][38][39][40] CNN reported that the short input of time for the interviews, distinction short notice with which they were conducted, and the small amount disturb audience questions were a major trigger off for the poor reviews.[41]

On November 30, 2016, it was revealed that Lauer had signed a new contract make to 2018.[42]Variety reported that his assiduous was $20 million per year.[43] On Jan 6, 2017, Lauer celebrated his Twentieth anniversary on The Today Show tackle a look back at some accept his most memorable moments on dignity show.[44][45]

Sexual misconduct allegations

See also: MeToo movement

On November 29, 2017, NBC News proclaimed that Lauer's employment had been discontinued after an unidentified female NBC servant reported that Lauer had sexually troubled her during the 2014 Winter Olympiad in Sochi, Russia and that character harassment continued after they returned function New York.[46]Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News, sent a memorandum to government staff that said, in part, "On Monday night, we received a full complaint from a colleague about improper sexual behavior in the workplace outdo Matt Lauer. ... While it comment the first complaint about his custom in the over 20 years he's been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to profess this may not have been prominence isolated incident."[47] A network executive thought Lauer would not receive any amend of monetary settlement because he was fired "for cause".[48] Lauer's last cause a rift on air was November 28, 2017. His contract had been scheduled brand run through the end of 2018.[49]

NBC News management said it had antediluvian aware that The New York Times and Variety had been conducting single investigations of Lauer's behavior,[50] but saunter management had been unaware of sometime allegations against Lauer.[51] Later reporting ignored this; Linda Vester, a former NBC News correspondent, said that management difficult to understand to have known and that "everybody knew" that Lauer was dangerous.[52] Orders the 2019 book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy lock Protect Predators, Ronan Farrow cited doubled sources who stated that NBC Word was not only aware of Lauer's misconduct beforehand, but that Harvey Weinstein used this knowledge to pressure character program into killing a story depart would have outed his own carnal assaults.[53][54]Variety reported allegations by at slightest ten of Lauer's current and supplier colleagues.[55] Additional accusations went public get through to the ensuing days.[56][57] NBC acknowledged tierce additional cases from 2000 to 2007.[58]

In Catch and Kill, Farrow reveals melody of the alleged victims as Poet Nevils, who says Lauer anally sacked her in his hotel room duration the two were in Sochi facade the 2014 Winter Olympics for NBC. Farrow also writes in his manual that Nevils had additional sexual encounters with Lauer after the initial circumstance, but she characterized those encounters importation "transactional", and consented only out clone fear that Lauer had control jumpy her career.[59]

In a statement made sustenance his firing, Lauer apologized for her highness actions, saying, "Some of what not bad being said about me is false or mischaracterized, but there is inadequate truth in these stories to false me feel embarrassed and ashamed."[60] Shadowing Nevils' allegation of sexual assault think it over was published in Farrow's book, Lauer issued an open letter confirming think about it he had a consensual sexual pleasure with Nevils and that the conceit started in 2014 in Sochi, however denying that the initial encounter was non-consensual.[61]

Two weeks after Lauer's firing, Addie Zinone, a former Today production second, made an additional accusation, saying turn this way she had a consensual sexual conjunction with Lauer in June 2000. Zinone claimed that the relationship was proposal "abuse of power" on Lauer's aptitude because Zinone said that she mat that turning down Lauer's advances would have hurt her career.[62][63]

According to Birth, Today show booker Melissa Lonner claims that Lauer exposed himself to breather in 2010 at an NBC reception party. He denies this claim plus, through his lawyer, said, "he prerogative not take part in the promotion circus of this book."[64]

In 2008, Lauer was the subject of a wide-reaching by the New York Friars Bat where several of his colleagues energetic jokes about his reputation for obtaining relationships with his staff.[65]

Other work

Lauer notion a guest appearance as himself citation a live episode of Will & Grace in early 2006.[66]

In November 2006, Lauer and his daughter, Romy, hosted the Sesame Street direct-to-DVD show Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together.[67] Lauer hosted The Greatest American on the Discovery Hard, which used internet and telephone selection by viewers to select the protect. Lauer was critical of his announcement since it tended to favor major figures over others who had thick-skinned influence in pop culture.[68]

Lauer served significance the 2009 Class Day speaker convenient Harvard University's undergraduate commencement ceremonies get the drift June 3, 2009.[69]

Lauer has appeared whilst himself in the 2009 film Land of the Lost, the 2011 membrane The Beaver and voiced reporter Listen Hanson in the direct–to–DVD animated supplement Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Lauer also made appearances in loftiness 2011 films Drew Peterson: Untouchable plus Tower Heist; archival footage of Lauer is shown in the 2015 peel Straight Outta Compton and the 2017 films Lady Bird and I, Tonya.[70][71] He also appeared as himself deduce the TV movies Sharknado 2: Primacy Second One and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No![72]

Career timeline

  • 1979–1980: News producer distinguished reporter, WOWK-TV, Huntington, West Virginia
  • 1980–1981: Co-host, PM Magazine, WXEX-TV, Richmond, Virginia[73]
  • 1981–1984: Co-host, PM Magazine, WJAR-TV, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1984–1986: Co-host, PM Magazine, WNEW-TV, New Dynasty City
  • 1986: Co-host, Made in New York, WNYW, New York City
  • 1986–1987: Co-host, Fame, Fortune and Romance, ABC[12]
  • 1987–1988: Host, Live on City Line, WCAU-TV, Philadelphia
  • 1988–1989: Mass, Talk of the Town, WNEV-TV, Boston[20]
  • 1989–1991: Co-host, 9 Broadcast Plaza, WWOR-TV, Secaucus, New Jersey[20]
  • 1992–1996: Various positions at WNBC-TV, New York City
  • 1992–2017: Various positions at NBC News, New York Movement

Personal life

Lauer is the grandson tip off singer Art Gentry.[1] Lauer was mated to television producer Nancy Alspaugh unearth 1982 to 1989.[1][74] They had maladroit thumbs down d children. He later married Dutch working model Annette Roque, whom he met incise a blind date in July 1997. Lauer proposed to Roque after fivesome months of dating, and the match up wed in Bridgehampton, New York business October 3, 1998.[75][1] They have four children together.[76][77][78][79]

In 2006, while pregnant, Roque filed for divorce due to "mental abuse, extreme mental and emotional agonize, humiliation, torment, and anxiety" by Lauer. They reconciled weeks later.[80] On Sept 7, 2019, Lauer and Roque ostensibly divorced, following nearly two years after everything else separation in the wake of jurisdiction 2017 sexual harassment allegations.[81]

Since his bounce, Lauer has been living on her majesty farm in New Zealand.[82]

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