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I hope Matt Lauer had some hell of a Pre Nup. His humiliation hasn't even begun yet.

WookieMan says

Said it in another thread. Convinced his issue is with other men. We'll see. He's on the news relatively frequently in my area and he just seems queer. Might not have any issues, but doesn't make sense he's quitting when he could continue to get elected over and over again with little effort. The district is hand drawn for Hispanic voters.

Yeah. Also there's some shady shit with paying his wife $400k as a staffer and some other things.

Never was a fan of Laurer....never understood why people liked him.

But I don’t think he’s really that left wing. He likes his taxes low and probably voted for Trump.

The main mistake all these guys make is in apologizing. They should never ever apologize.

It's just baring one's belly to a pack of rabid wolves and saying "Please please like me! Don't rip my guts out!"

Absolutely the wrong strategy, just makes you look weak, deserving of contempt and extreme punishment.

A better strategy would be to say "She asked me to do it. End of story."

The best strategy is to smirk and say nothing at all. Takes balls of steel.

"Huge Bag Of Sex Toys": At Least 8 Women Now Accuse Lauer Of Harassment.

And now, NBC’s top brass, which said they fired Lauer after an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate behavior that reportedly began during NBC’s coverage in Sochi (and who claim they were blissfully unaware of what was going on) are saying that the number of women accusing Lauer of harassment has risen to eight.

According to Fox, NBC’s Stephanie Gosk revealed to Megyn Kelly during the 9 am hour of “Today” that there could be up to eight accusers, as details surfaced about the star's alleged lewd behavior and old video clips back in circulation raised eyebrows.

One of the most disturbing stories about Lauer’s conduct emerged yesterday when a former NBC employee told the New York Times about a 2001 incident where Lauer called her into his office, asked her to unbutton her blouse, then bent her over his desk and violated her. During the middle of the act, she apparently passed out. He then had one of his assistants take her to a nurse.

In another cringeworthy moment, Meredith Vieira brought up a "huge bag of sex toys" she once found in Matt Lauer's office when Lauer and fellow Today host Savannah Guthrie were guests on Vieira’s talk show. To be sure, Matt was "quick on his feet", and blamed a sex therapist who had appeared on "Today", although his co-hosts don't seem to recall that particular encounter.

We expect more disturbing stories of Lauer’s workplace conduct will emerge in the near future.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-30/least-8-women-are-accusing-matt-lauer-sexual-harassment

Notice how two female co-anchors (Samantha Guthrie and Ann Curry) came on the Today Show right after Matt Lauer was fired and expressed how hurt they were about their good friend Matt Lauer turning out to be guilty of such. I suspect these two women were merely laying the groundwork so they could claim they were not aware of Matt's behavior all along. With all the new accusations coming out, it seems Matt's behavior was too widespread and often for the whole cast, crew, and management not to be aware of it. Interesting to see if Samantha Guthrie, Ann Curry, or the Today Show itself will lose popularity with viewers since they covered for Matt Lauer.