Don Lemon has his good friend Matt Lauer’s again after the previous Immediately present host was forced out of his high-profile gig in 2017.
Whereas showing on the Wednesday, January 22, episode of the “Hollywood Raw Podcast With Dax Holt and Adam Glyn,” Lemon, 58, mentioned he believed Lauer, 67, might make a profitable comeback – probably on a podcast.
“I believe that if he might come again to digital, he can set his personal course,” he defined, earlier than including, “However I solely obtained to know Matt after, , the entire state of affairs occurred.”
The previous CNN host mentioned he has seen Lauer receiving positivity from followers firsthand throughout interactions whereas out in public.
Matt Lauer is “planning a comeback” years after he was fired from NBC amid allegations of sexual misconduct. “He’s began to speak to folks,” a supply tells Us Weekly solely of the morning present host. “He’s planning his subsequent act, nonetheless very upset with how he was portrayed, and nonetheless looks like he was the […]
“Every time I see Matt out and about or, , even with us, if we exit to dinner, my husband [Tim MaloneI] exit to dinner with him and his fiancée and folks love him. Girls love him. They’re like, ‘Man, oh my God, can I get an image? I really like you. I miss you on tv.’ Proper?” he recalled. “And so, I believe the general public loves him. The general public misses him, but it surely’s simply the… it’s the folks contained in the enterprise who’re afraid of.”
He added: “Possibly there’s a approach that he’ll come again, however I believe it’s extra of the people who find themselves inside the enterprise who’re involved about, , what occurred with Matt.”
Matt Lauer. (Photograph by Getty)
Lemon mentioned he believes that if it was as much as the general public reasonably than the networks and executives, Lauer would have a shot at returning to the general public eye.
“I believe the general public… I’ll put it this manner. I believe most people would settle for — simply me — would settle for Matt again. And I believe folks would watch him and I believe the scores could be nice.”
It’s not the primary time options of a return to the business have been floated. Whispers of a return for Lauer turned louder in April 2024 when a supply advised Us Weekly solely that the anchor was “planning a comeback” years after he was fired from NBC amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
Matt Lauer was the face of NBC earlier than leaving and just about disappearing in shame. As soon as certainly one of America’s most acknowledged and extremely paid TV journalists, “he believes that the media can’t be trusted,” a supply tells Us Weekly solely. “He was a man who spent his whole life going after folks professionally; his job was […]
“He’s began to speak to folks,” the insider shared with Us on the time. “He’s planning his subsequent act, nonetheless very upset with how he was portrayed, and nonetheless looks like he was the sufferer.”
Amid a slew of different high-profile males implicated within the #MeToo motion, the previous Immediately host made headlines in November 2017 after a feminine colleague accused him of inappropriate habits. He was finally fired that very same month following the allegations. In 2019, journalist Ronan Farrow printed particulars concerning the alleged assault in his e book Catch and Kill. Lauer has denied all of the accusations towards him.
Don Lemon has his good friend Matt Lauer’s again after the previous Immediately present host was forced out of his high-profile gig in 2017.
Whereas showing on the Wednesday, January 22, episode of the “Hollywood Raw Podcast With Dax Holt and Adam Glyn,” Lemon, 58, mentioned he believed Lauer, 67, might make a profitable comeback – probably on a podcast.
“I believe that if he might come again to digital, he can set his personal course,” he defined, earlier than including, “However I solely obtained to know Matt after, , the entire state of affairs occurred.”
The previous CNN host mentioned he has seen Lauer receiving positivity from followers firsthand throughout interactions whereas out in public.
Matt Lauer is “planning a comeback” years after he was fired from NBC amid allegations of sexual misconduct. “He’s began to speak to folks,” a supply tells Us Weekly solely of the morning present host. “He’s planning his subsequent act, nonetheless very upset with how he was portrayed, and nonetheless looks like he was the […]
“Every time I see Matt out and about or, , even with us, if we exit to dinner, my husband [Tim MaloneI] exit to dinner with him and his fiancée and folks love him. Girls love him. They’re like, ‘Man, oh my God, can I get an image? I really like you. I miss you on tv.’ Proper?” he recalled. “And so, I believe the general public loves him. The general public misses him, but it surely’s simply the… it’s the folks contained in the enterprise who’re afraid of.”
He added: “Possibly there’s a approach that he’ll come again, however I believe it’s extra of the people who find themselves inside the enterprise who’re involved about, , what occurred with Matt.”
Matt Lauer. (Photograph by Getty)
Lemon mentioned he believes that if it was as much as the general public reasonably than the networks and executives, Lauer would have a shot at returning to the general public eye.
“I believe the general public… I’ll put it this manner. I believe most people would settle for — simply me — would settle for Matt again. And I believe folks would watch him and I believe the scores could be nice.”
It’s not the primary time options of a return to the business have been floated. Whispers of a return for Lauer turned louder in April 2024 when a supply advised Us Weekly solely that the anchor was “planning a comeback” years after he was fired from NBC amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
Matt Lauer was the face of NBC earlier than leaving and just about disappearing in shame. As soon as certainly one of America’s most acknowledged and extremely paid TV journalists, “he believes that the media can’t be trusted,” a supply tells Us Weekly solely. “He was a man who spent his whole life going after folks professionally; his job was […]
“He’s began to speak to folks,” the insider shared with Us on the time. “He’s planning his subsequent act, nonetheless very upset with how he was portrayed, and nonetheless looks like he was the sufferer.”
Amid a slew of different high-profile males implicated within the #MeToo motion, the previous Immediately host made headlines in November 2017 after a feminine colleague accused him of inappropriate habits. He was finally fired that very same month following the allegations. In 2019, journalist Ronan Farrow printed particulars concerning the alleged assault in his e book Catch and Kill. Lauer has denied all of the accusations towards him.
