What is Matt Lauer doing now? The disgraced journalist has failed to reintegrate into society Matt Lauer’s 20 years as co-host of NBC’s Today show ended in disgrace as NBC terminated his contract following allegations of ‘inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.’
Shocking new allegations have emerged about the sexual misconduct scandal that is quickly enveloping Matt Lauer. On Wednesday, mere hours after NBC announced that it had fired the Today anchor because of a complaint about alleged sexual misconduct, Variety has dropped a report with hideous allegations about the TV star’s alleged behavior.
In June 2019, Lauer and Roque finalized their divorce with a multimillion-dollar settlement. The pair split after he was axed from NBC’s “Today” in 2017 over sexual misconduct claims. Matt Lauer and his girlfriend, Shamin Abas, attended the same event as his ex-wife, Annette Roque.
Lauer was born in New York City, the son of Marilyn Lauer (née Gentry), a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive. His parents divorced during his youth. Lauer’s father was of Romanian Jewish ancestry, as seen on the Today Show’s Finding Our Roots. Lauer said, “My dad was Jewish.
How much does Lauer make a year?
On November 30, 2016, it was revealed that Lauer had signed a new contract up to 2018. Variety reported that his salary was $20 million a year. On January 6, 2017, Lauer celebrated his 20th anniversary on The Today Show with a look back at some of his most memorable moments on the show.
Lauer with President Vladimir Putin prior to the 32nd G8 summit in Saint Petersburg in 2006. Lauer joined NBC in 1992, when he became co-anchor of the early weekday news show Today in New York on the network’s New York flagship station WNBC.
He also made appearances in the 2011 films Drew Peterson: Untouchable and Tower Heist; archival footage of Lauer is shown in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton and the 2017 films Lady Bird and I, Tonya. He also appeared as himself in the TV movies Sharknado 2: The Second One and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!.
Lauer proposed to Roque after five months of dating, and the two wed in Bridgehampton, New York on October 3, 1998. They have three children together: son Jack (b. June 26, 2001), daughter Romy (b. October 2, 2003), and son Thijs (b. November 28, 2006).
Lauer then returned to local television, hosting programs in Philadelphia and Boston for a two-year period between 1987 and 1989, during which time he also anchored entertainment news segments for HBO.
During a June 2005 interview with Tom Cruise, Lauer argued with Cruise about psychiatry and postpartum depression, and Cruise called Lauer “glib.”. In December 2008, Cruise said he regretted the exchange.
He broadcast from locations including Bhutan, Easter Island, the Panama Canal, Iran, Hong Kong, Croatia, and the Great Wall of China. In 2011, NBC News postponed the segment in consideration of the stagnant, unstable U.S. economy. On some occasions, Lauer conducted interviews that escalated into tense exchanges.
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