Matt Lauer Fired

NBC's Today is having a bad day.

2006 FLASHBACK: #MattLauer on hot mic creepily whispering to Katie Couric, "keep bending over like that, pic.twitter.com/NaIxkOqTnG

— Tosca Austen (@ToscaAusten) November 29, 2017

This Matt Lauer clip REALLY didn’t age well pic.twitter.com/KyIIJWYECK

— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) November 29, 2017

Matt Lauer must have feared this was coming. His co-workers had to wonder if this would happen.

He's out.

Matt Lauer has been terminated from NBC News. On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment. pic.twitter.com/1A3UAZpvPb

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 29, 2017

From NBC News:

Matt Lauer, a familiar face in morning news as the anchor of "Today" for two decades, was fired by NBC News on Wednesday after a female colleague made a detailed complaint accusing him of inappropriate sexual behavior during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

The accusation also noted that the alleged behavior continued in the workplace after the games, NBC News confirmed.

Later on Wednesday, The New York Times reported that two more women had made complaints about Lauer after he was fired; NBC officials confirmed that two more accusers had come forward on Wednesday. And Variety published a more sweeping account of Lauer's sexual misconduct with at least three women over several years.

"Today" co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were emotional as they announced Lauer's firing Wednesday, telling viewers at the top of the live broadcast that they were "heartbroken" over his departure but didn't yet know all of the details.

I'm sure the Leftists at NBC and MSNBC are heartbroken over Lauer's departure.

They're heartbroken that the chickens have come home to roost at NBC. Apparently, Lauer's predatory behavior was not a secret, yet NBC executives claim they had no idea.

What a load!

At @Variety, @RaminSetoodeh & I had been working on a Matt Lauer story for months and NBC was aware. There are multiple women we've spoken to with far-ranging accusations against Lauer. The power of journalism has never been more evident with this cultural change.

— Elizabeth Wagmeister (@EWagmeister) November 29, 2017