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After getting fired amid a sexual misconduct scandal, Matt Lauer has plans to return to the highlight.
“Matt Lauer remains to be clamoring for a comeback,” a supply completely reveals within the new situation of Us Weekly, on newsstands now, noting that the previous broadcast journalist, 64, “not feels” disgrace in regards to the scandal.
In accordance with the insider, Lauer is eyeing a podcast deal now that he is aware of his tv profession “is over.”
The supply additionally famous that the New York native “has been courting” since his divorce from Annette Roque. The previous couple, who have been married from 1998 to 2019, share sons Jack, 21, and Thijs, 15, and daughter Romy, 18, who are actually “extra accepting” of their father’s upcoming skilled plans.
Lauer’s profession made headlines in November 2017 when he was fired from NBC amid a sexual misconduct scandal. On the time, a feminine colleague accused him of inappropriate conduct in the course of the community’s protection of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, three years prior.
Following the TV character’s departure from NBC, journalist Ronan Farrow printed new particulars in regards to the alleged assault in his 2019 ebook Catch and Kill. The previous information anchor, who denied the allegations prior to now, later addressed Farrow’s claims.
“On October 9, 2019, I used to be falsely accused of rape,” Lauer wrote in a weblog submit on Mediaite in Might 2020. “This accusation was one of many worst and most consequential issues to ever occur in my life, it was devastating for my household, and outrageously it was used to promote books.”
Within the prolonged essay, Lauer claimed that his previous interactions along with his accuser Brooke Nevils have been “consensual, but inappropriate.” He additionally admitted he felt “shaken, however not stunned” by his former coworkers’ lack of assist amid the general public drama.
“The frenzy to judgment was swift. Actually, on the morning I used to be falsely accused of rape, and earlier than I may even situation an announcement, some journalists have been already calling my accuser ‘courageous’ and ‘brave,’” he continued. “I used to be additionally disillusioned, however not stunned, that Ronan Farrow’s general reporting confronted so little scrutiny.”
Farrow, for his half, slammed Lauer’s feedback about his reporting being “too good” to be true, tweeting on the time, “All I’ll say on that is that Matt Lauer is simply mistaken. Catch and Kill was totally reported and fact-checked, together with with Matt Lauer himself.”
For extra on Lauer’s plans to return to the highlight, watch the video above and search for the brand new situation of Us Weekly, on stands now.
