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Matt Lauer Had Affair With NBC Star

[New York Post] Disgraced “Today” anchor Matt Lauer allegedly had an affair with a famed and well-respected broadcaster, Page Six is exclusively told, representing a “clear imbalance of power.”

The woman signed a nondisclosure agreement when she left NBC.

We have agreed not to name the broadcaster at her request, but a TV source said: “Matt had influence over everyone’s career — one word and your career would be sunk. I know there was a clear imbalance of power in this woman’s relationship with Matt.”

In his new book, “Catch and Kill,” Ronan Farrow also claims Lauer repeatedly harassed a fellow on-air NBC personality, who was allegedly forced to sign a strict NDA when she left the network in 2012. It’s not clear if it’s the same woman we’ve learned about.

Farrow reports that the unnamed former NBC broadcaster claimed Lauer and another NBC exec propositioned her and made lewd comments about her during broadcasts. She said, “I was like meat on a hook … I would walk into work with a knot in my stomach. I would come home and cry.”

She alleged that when she turned the men down, she was “punished” and got fewer assignments, adding: “My career took a sharp nosedive.” Although she didn’t make a formal report to HR, she did tell colleagues. When she left, NBC forced her to sign a nondisclosure agreement that waived her right to sue and banned her from making disparaging comments about the network, the book states.

Lauer has strenuously denied any wrongdoing. His lawyers had no comment. Despite Farrow’s reporting, NBC stated that Brooke Nevils’ allegation of rape against Lauer, made in 2017, was the first time execs had heard of any wrongdoing.

NBC News president Noah Oppenheim said in a staff memo Monday that no records had been found of inappropriate messages from Lauer to the woman Farrow mentioned, and said she signed a standard NDA.

BG Note: NY Post is referencing one woman. Ronan Farrow is referencing one woman. They may be the same woman.

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[Optional] Should Matt Lauer be allowed to make a comeback as a broadcaster?

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  2. shayjay says

    This has to be Ann Curry. It was palpable how uncomfortable and frightened she was when she was near him. Especially during the episode where she said goodbye. He is so wretchedly disgusting. He oozes Predator. He is so nasty. I never understood the draw…why NBC kept him. The show is so much better without him.

  8. exnetworkpro says

    Amy Robach who left in 2012.
    (one and the same)
    He can’t and won’t come back from this. He could blow things up with his own book, but let’s face it, he won’t get any sympathy.

  9. kelno19 says

    Anne Curry, maybe? Should Matt Lauer comeback, hell no! And anyone who knew about his abuse should be kicked to the curb too.

  12. sunshine702 says

    Savanna Guthrie

    Ann Curry

    Hell NO! I will boycott if I see that creep’s face with a microphone for ANY outlet!

    • sunshine702 says

      But give Ann Curry a headliner gig. Women love her. Integrity. The complete opposite of that jerk.

  16. kenzy459 says

    Not sure if she is both or not, but on-air personality is Amy Robach, who left NBC for ABC in May of 2012

  17. charlene2345 says

    Female broadcaster: Ann Curry (left in 2012)

    The other one is Natalie Morales.

    This isn’t surprising. And no, Lauer is done. He made enough money and just should lay low.

  19. amagod121 says

    Don’t know broadcaster. I came just to answer the optional question

    Optional: Hell NO!!!!!!! And Andy Lack (Luster) should be gone as well!

  20. CanaryCry says

    I have no idea about the anonymous broadcaster – but why should Matt Lauer get his job back? He is a creepy manipulative sociopath who thinks he’s entitled to every woman he comes into contact with.

  21. amagod121 says

    It just came to me, Anne Curry!what a creep that Lauer is!

    Optional: STILL saying “Hell NO!!!!!!!!!”

    • zappy2050 says

      OMG!!!!!!! I am 100% wrong – this is Ann Curry. I feel bad for her, she probably felt that was the only way to keep her job. What a jerk Matt Lauer is.

  25. I Am PunkA says

    Not Ann Curry. She left in 2015.

    Amy Robach NBC departure lines up with 2012. She left for ABC News, so an NDA seems like a normal event as well, if it’s her. And she worked with Lauer, so there is a connection.

    • zappy2050 says

      Wow, wow, wow. So it is either Natalie Morales or Amy Robach. Seems like Matt Lauer was sleeping with several people at the same time. Just wow

  26. GeorgiaR says

    For female broadcaster, I was thinking first of Natalie Morales, but then thought of Katie Couric, whose career has pretty much fizzled in recent years. For on air NBC Personality, how about Tom Brokaw, who seems like a straight shooter and would tell the real story if asked to comment. And Matt Lauer should NEVER be able to make a comeback as anything, even as dog catcher!

  27. jerzeygirl says

    Natalie Morales…this has been talked about for years. Even so far as to say he fathered her youngest son.

  29. llabine1 says

    The only person who left in 2012 was Ann Curry…she was punished for turning down Matt …you can tell by her reaction on her last day there..he tried to kiss her and she turned her head so it became awkward….

  30. wasteoftime says

    Matt Lauer should be “allowed” to come back, but I just think he will not be popular anymore. He has lost his cute boyish image, and he seems skanky, so that ends it for a lot of his female fans. Can’t look at him anymore without thinking of the specific, graphic allegation.

    • amagod121 says

      Matt had a button installed on his desk so he could lock women into his office with the press of that button. That alone makes me, personally, think he is unfit to ever return to TV or anywhere where he is in contact with ANY women. I just HAD to get it off my chest and no offense meant to you whatsoever!

  32. badgerette85 says

    Personality – Ann Curry (harassed)
    Broadcaster – Savannah Guthrie (consensual)
    Op- absolutely not! He dug his own grave with the help of NBC execs and he should never see the light of day again (in broadcasting)

  33. RadioMarty says

    1. Amy Robach harrassed. At ABC News now.
    2. Ann Curry forced out in 2012
    3. Lauer affair with Natalie Morales.

  36. Princesspc says

    I don’t know who these women can be but I am guessing Amy Robck ( spelling) is one of them. As for Matt, no way.he should have any opportunity like that again. It’s bad.enough that he’s on his daughter’s social media platform acting pervy.

  37. rhiannon14 says

    Female Broadcaster: Ann Curry

    Should Matt Lauer be allowed to make a comeback? NO. He’s a sociopath.

  38. BooStrawberry says

    Ann curry? Ann rejecting his advances is probably why Lauer was so hateful and vicious to her.

    Natalie morales?

  39. BadBarbie says

    This better not be about Michelle Kosinski!

    Kosinski is a unspoken god among men in this business.
    Only Kristen Welker comes close to her.

  40. BadBarbie says

    Ann Curry probably felt like meat on a hook at the time. But she had ALL the power without knowing it!!!!

    I stopped watching Today Show when she left….. Ann + Meredith Viera were the only great anchors there for a long time!

  41. deepsigh says

    Ann Curry? NBC treated her very poorly and I am not at all sorry that she is at last getting her pound of flesh.

    I don’t believe that Nevils woman. I think she straight up had an affair with him
    for 2 years and then became vengeful when he ghosted her.

    No,thank you to seeing Matt Lauer back on the air. For any reason. I was a fan of his back in the 80s when he came on scene….but now,I think he should just find a hobby, count his millions, and spend time with his kids.

  44. spoofbyrd says

    i remember Ann Curry recoiling in controlled body language when he kissed her on the cheek goodbye. I had thought maybe Ann might not have been a good fit at the time. Now we know the truth something more sinister was going on and I believe every bit of it. I used to say time to call off the dogs with Lauer but now — No way ! Maybe there were no drugs involved but it is looking like Lauer is at the top of this creep list & he was 180 proof drunk with power .before his fall

  45. augustmom says

    Ann Corry did not leave the Today Show in 2012. Tamron Hall left at the beginning of 2013, but had already decided in 2012. I suspect Tamron was harassed. Amy Rorbach is also possible. Don’t know enough about her. Lauer had baby with Natalie Morales, hush-hush of course

  46. heathermh13 says

    I agree with what the comments about Amy Robach. If you looks at his track record, she lines right up with his preferred ‘type’ that he goes after. I could never see Ann Curry going in to have an affair with him.

    Do I think he should ever be allowed to make a comeback? NO. ABSOLUTELY NO. There are a million other journalist that could be tapped and groomed to become the next big thing. Pick one of those… let this dog lie with his fleas.

  47. Baileygirl says

    Amy Robach. Why didn’t she make a formal complaint to HR? She was already demoted, so why would she care if she put it in writing? I am sorry she was treated that way but not putting in a formal complaint led to other women going through the same hell as she endured. She took the “higher road” and it not only got her dumped but now she had nothing in writing. You don’t play nice with sociopaths. You need to hit them where it hurts and this certainly could have hurt Lauer in his wallet.