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What Life Is Like For Matt Lauer Today

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NBC’s biggest morning star vanished overnight — and a year later, the questions about Matt Lauer’s life haven’t stopped.

Matt Lauer spent two decades as the face of “Today,” pulling in roughly $20 million a year before NBC fired him in November 2017 over allegations of sexual misconduct. Since then, he’s largely disappeared from cameras, holed up at his Hamptons property while his marriage, his finances, and his media future all got picked apart in public. This breakdown covers where things actually stand.

• Lauer’s divorce from Annette Roque, his wife of roughly two decades, has reportedly involved negotiations over tens of millions of dollars in shared assets and properties.
• Speculation has swirled around a possible on-air comeback involving Megyn Kelly, who exited NBC amid her own controversy, while reports also describe Lauer bonding with fellow ousted anchor Bill O’Reilly.
• Former “Today” co-host Katie Couric has weighed in with her own perspective and advice for Lauer, drawing comparisons to other NBC morning-show castoffs like Billy Bush.

The Fall From The Today Show

Lauer’s ouster was swift and public. NBC pulled him off “Today” in November 2017 after allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior surfaced from colleagues, ending a run that had made him one of the highest-paid faces in morning television. He went from a reported $20 million annual salary to essentially zero television presence within days, and he’s stayed almost entirely out of sight since, spotted mostly by paparazzi around his Hamptons home.

Months after the firing, Lauer broke his silence with a statement acknowledging wrongdoing. He said he had “acted inappropriately” toward colleagues during his time at NBC and expressed a desire to “regain the trust and respect of those I have hurt” — language that matched reports describing his focus as repairing the damage and protecting his family rather than plotting a return to the anchor chair.

“Acted inappropriately… I want to regain the trust and respect of those I have hurt.”

An Expensive Divorce Playing Out Quietly

Behind the scenes, Lauer’s marriage to Annette Roque became its own high-stakes story. The two were together for roughly twenty years, and reports on their split have centered on tens of millions of dollars in jointly held assets and properties, including real estate tied to their life in the Hamptons. Unlike the network fallout, the financial settlement talks have stayed mostly private, but the numbers involved make it one of the more closely watched celebrity divorces of the year.

Comeback Chatter And The Megyn Kelly Question

Any time a disgraced anchor goes quiet, comeback rumors follow, and Lauer’s name has repeatedly been floated alongside Megyn Kelly, who left NBC amid her own controversy after her morning show was pulled. Whether that speculation amounts to anything concrete remains unclear, but it’s kept Lauer’s name in industry conversation even without a single on-camera appearance. It’s the kind of speculative pairing that outlets covering media fallout, including pieces on reporters who ruined their careers on social media, keep circling back to.

Fellow Castoffs And Old Colleagues

Lauer hasn’t gone through this entirely alone. Reports describe him bonding with Bill O’Reilly, another high-profile TV figure pushed out over misconduct allegations, the two apparently finding common ground as exiled anchors navigating life after cable and network news. Meanwhile, longtime “Today” co-host Katie Couric has offered her own take and advice on Lauer’s situation, and his story keeps getting measured against other NBC morning-show departures, most notably Billy Bush, who was ousted from “Today” over the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape. Since Lauer’s exit, the “Today” chair itself has moved on, with Hoda Kotb stepping into the role — a shift covered in detail in the piece on Hoda Kotb’s own personal life.

None of it adds up to a real second act yet. A year out from the firing, Lauer’s still working the same playbook — Hamptons, silence, lawyers handling the divorce math — while the industry keeps waiting to see if he ever sits back down in front of a camera.