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Hours after Matt Lauer was fired from NBC for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace,” The Daily Show resurfaced an old Today Show “joke” segment where Matt Lauer accuses a colleague of sexual harassment, and it’ll make you want to rage scream into the void.
The “Rossen Report” clip, shared on Twitter by The Daily Show with the caption: “Throwback to 2012 when Matt Lauer was the ‘real victim’ of sexual harassment,” investigates “The Smack Heard ‘Round The Studio” — an off-air “controversy” that arose after network host Willy Geist smacked Matt Lauer’s rear end.
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The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Esteban Kolsky, Kevin Marks, Denis Pombriant, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Sunday, November 12, 2017.
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