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All this hypocrisy is just sickening, all these news people used to kid with Laur about his crap and joked in public as well, but now they are all 'Well, I didnt know he was such a pervert!'
Yeah, right.
'They all knew': Media elites roared in laughter at obscene 2008 'roast' sending up Matt Lauer's office sexcapades
Yeah, right.
'They all knew': Media elites roared in laughter at obscene 2008 'roast' sending up Matt Lauer's office sexcapades
Warning: This article contains graphic language and content.
Embattled NBC executives have been falling over themselves insisting they had no idea about Matt Lauerâs pervy past. But if anyone doubts that New Yorkâs media elite was aware of Lauerâs reputation, they should look no further than a top-secret âroastâ of Lauer that took place in October 2008....
The notorious event -- now legendary in New York media circles -- pushed the outer limits of sexist, racist, homophobic and obscene jokes -- and left little doubt that Lauerâs colleagues knew NBCâs biggest star had a troubled marriage and a wandering eye.
Last week, NBCâs own Joe Scarborough, who attended the roast but said he left early, feeling uncomfortable, brought it up on âMorning Joe.â Lauerâs peccadillos, he said, were not just known about. At the roast, they were celebrated.
âThe whole theme was that he does the show and then he has sex with people, with employees,â Scarborough said. âSo was this whispered behind closed doors? No. It was shouted from the mountaintops and everybody laughed about it.â
The 2008 Friars Club roast took place at the New York Hilton and was attended by everyone from future President Donald Trump to TV legend Norman Lear to a constellation of New Yorkâs media elite including Brian Williams, Diane Sawyer, Nancy OâDell and Howard Stern. Also on hand were numerous top executives from across the business and almost everyone who was anyone at NBC News. Fox News has confirmed many details of the roast with a media executive who attended, and has also drawn on the one contemporaneous account of the roast, which appeared in The Village Voice....
Speaker Martha Stewart joked, âI hear NBC executives call Matt the âCock of the Rock,'â according to The Voice.
Another of the roastâs speakers was current CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker --- then the chairman of NBC Universal -- who last week adamantly denied that he had any ideaabout Lauerâs in-office sexcapades.
âItâs just good to see Matt up here and not under my desk,â Zucker said from the podium. âI donât want to say Matt is a germophobe, but heâs the only guy I know who uses Purell both before and after he masturbates.â...
Then âTodayâ co-host Meredith Vieira was especially crude, making jokes about Lauer and Roker partaking in anal sex during the Turin Olympics, with Roker as the receiving partner. Former âTodayâ star Katie Couric went next, reading a David Letterman-style Top 10 list of facts about Lauer. Among the digs, âNo. 10 -- According to his wife, heâs not really an early riser, if you know what I mean.â
But a shot at Lauerâs in-office relationship with Curry, who was in the room, got the biggest laugh of Couricâs routine.
âNo. 2 -- He loves to eat Curry,â she said as Curry (sitting in the audience) went pale and the crowd roared with laughter. âWhat? Indian food! Whatâs wrong with you people?â
Comic Bob Saget eventually took the stage to offer Lauer some marriage advice: âDo what Iâm doing, Matt. Come into the Dark Side. My next wife hasnât even been born yet.â
Another comedian -- one attendee believes it was comedian Jeff Ross -- made racist jokes about Lauer using a naked Roker on all fours as his coffee table.
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried was so obscene that Fox News canât even publish a highly expurgated version of his material, but part of his racist routine â filled with Asian sex jokes about Ann Curry -- included detailed remarks about Curryâs genitals.
But the most cringeworthy comments, in hindsight, were made by Lauer himself, who spoke at the end of the roast. The âTodayâ star alluded to sex with two former colleagues, Couric and Curry.
âLet me just say that I saw that colon a lot before the rest of you saw it,â Lauer said in an anal sex joke about Couric (who famously underwent a colonoscopy on air).
But the twice-married Lauer wasnât finished joking about sleeping with female contemporaries.
âWhatâs with all the small-d--- jokes? It was fun to look over and see Ann Curry laughing⌠like she doesnât know how big my d--- really is,â Lauer said, wrapping up an event that The Village Voice called âthree hours of d--- jokes.â
Yep, no one knew about Lauer's antics whatsoever.....Embattled NBC executives have been falling over themselves insisting they had no idea about Matt Lauerâs pervy past. But if anyone doubts that New Yorkâs media elite was aware of Lauerâs reputation, they should look no further than a top-secret âroastâ of Lauer that took place in October 2008....
The notorious event -- now legendary in New York media circles -- pushed the outer limits of sexist, racist, homophobic and obscene jokes -- and left little doubt that Lauerâs colleagues knew NBCâs biggest star had a troubled marriage and a wandering eye.
Last week, NBCâs own Joe Scarborough, who attended the roast but said he left early, feeling uncomfortable, brought it up on âMorning Joe.â Lauerâs peccadillos, he said, were not just known about. At the roast, they were celebrated.
âThe whole theme was that he does the show and then he has sex with people, with employees,â Scarborough said. âSo was this whispered behind closed doors? No. It was shouted from the mountaintops and everybody laughed about it.â
The 2008 Friars Club roast took place at the New York Hilton and was attended by everyone from future President Donald Trump to TV legend Norman Lear to a constellation of New Yorkâs media elite including Brian Williams, Diane Sawyer, Nancy OâDell and Howard Stern. Also on hand were numerous top executives from across the business and almost everyone who was anyone at NBC News. Fox News has confirmed many details of the roast with a media executive who attended, and has also drawn on the one contemporaneous account of the roast, which appeared in The Village Voice....
Speaker Martha Stewart joked, âI hear NBC executives call Matt the âCock of the Rock,'â according to The Voice.
Another of the roastâs speakers was current CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker --- then the chairman of NBC Universal -- who last week adamantly denied that he had any ideaabout Lauerâs in-office sexcapades.
âItâs just good to see Matt up here and not under my desk,â Zucker said from the podium. âI donât want to say Matt is a germophobe, but heâs the only guy I know who uses Purell both before and after he masturbates.â...
Then âTodayâ co-host Meredith Vieira was especially crude, making jokes about Lauer and Roker partaking in anal sex during the Turin Olympics, with Roker as the receiving partner. Former âTodayâ star Katie Couric went next, reading a David Letterman-style Top 10 list of facts about Lauer. Among the digs, âNo. 10 -- According to his wife, heâs not really an early riser, if you know what I mean.â
But a shot at Lauerâs in-office relationship with Curry, who was in the room, got the biggest laugh of Couricâs routine.
âNo. 2 -- He loves to eat Curry,â she said as Curry (sitting in the audience) went pale and the crowd roared with laughter. âWhat? Indian food! Whatâs wrong with you people?â
Comic Bob Saget eventually took the stage to offer Lauer some marriage advice: âDo what Iâm doing, Matt. Come into the Dark Side. My next wife hasnât even been born yet.â
Another comedian -- one attendee believes it was comedian Jeff Ross -- made racist jokes about Lauer using a naked Roker on all fours as his coffee table.
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried was so obscene that Fox News canât even publish a highly expurgated version of his material, but part of his racist routine â filled with Asian sex jokes about Ann Curry -- included detailed remarks about Curryâs genitals.
But the most cringeworthy comments, in hindsight, were made by Lauer himself, who spoke at the end of the roast. The âTodayâ star alluded to sex with two former colleagues, Couric and Curry.
âLet me just say that I saw that colon a lot before the rest of you saw it,â Lauer said in an anal sex joke about Couric (who famously underwent a colonoscopy on air).
But the twice-married Lauer wasnât finished joking about sleeping with female contemporaries.
âWhatâs with all the small-d--- jokes? It was fun to look over and see Ann Curry laughing⌠like she doesnât know how big my d--- really is,â Lauer said, wrapping up an event that The Village Voice called âthree hours of d--- jokes.â
