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After Matt Lauer was fired from NBC for alleged sexual misconduct, a video has surfaced of his longtime colleague Katie Couric saying in an interview that he “pinches me on the ass a lot.”
Couric said this to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, when asked what Lauer’s most annoying habit is.
Yeah, that’s pretty far past an “annoying habit.”
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Couric and Lauer co-hosted the Today show for almost 10 years before she left the show in 2006. She made a guest appearance in January 2017 to celebrate Lauer’s 20 years hosting the program. The two have long publicly had a friendship, so it’s possible that Couric’s comment was intended as more of a gag. Regardless, it certainly reads differently today. Read more…
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