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Matt Lauer Ejected from His Own House on Baby Jesus Birthday

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by deepest_background, Dec 27, 2017.

  1. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    I don't know if a "like" is a strong enough reaction for that post.
     
  2. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    But not the Deepest.
     
  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    I love the idea of a Drew Pinsky-type show featuring all these people ousted due to sexual harassment. Hearing O'Reilly and Lauer and Weinstein and others (Franken, Spacey, Hoffman) sit around in a circle with their arms folded wondering why they even have to be here and tossing off their grievances to the world, their real, honest views on women, talking about all their enemies, all the people they thought were their friends.

    Maybe Oprah gets them all together for a televised group therapy.
     
    Last edited: Dec 28, 2017
  4. you could put that on PPV
     
  5. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    When it comes to NY media and news, Lauer was the "pretty boy" being groomed for stardom. From WCBS to NBC, he was the Rollin Smith with the effervescent smile and charm.

    I don't think NBC, in my opinion, gave a shit about what he was doing and who he was doing it too as they were scratching those checks to him.
     
  6. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Did he sit around his palatial estate on Christmas Eve and rage-tweet like a fuckin loser in Palm Beach County?
     
  7. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Coincidentally, that will also be the tag line for Matt Lauer's triumphant return to NBC in 2019.
     
    expendable and exmediahack like this.
  8. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Did Lauer change, or get worse, after he went bald? It's a vanity business, where egos usually are driven by appearance and perceptions, and some guys really freak out when they start losing their hair. Especially when they're still fairly young. I know a few newsroom guys who didn't handle it well, and they weren't even in TV.

    Just wondering if that was any kind of catalyst. I had a boss whose life totally unraveled when his hair started falling out.

    More of a sidebar question, though. It wouldn't rationalize anything.
     
  9. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    The bald defense?

    I’ve got some consequence-free bad actions in my future now.
     
  10. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    It's merely a curiosity. I don't watch morning TV or follow those people, so, until a year or so ago, I don't recall seeing Lauer for more than two decades. Then, when I saw him now, my first thought was: "Wow, wonder how he handled that." I didn't even realize it was Lauer until the third or fourth look.
     
  11. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    I knew a balding guy several jobs back who was so saddened by his fate that he collected whatever fallen locks he found, and saved them.
    I don't know how I would handle it. Not well I suppose, and I thank my stars for avoiding that recessive gene.
    I cant even quite accept a few flecks of gray near the temples never mind being bald.
     
  12. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Wait until you get gray bush hair. Then you'll know you are really old and could die at any moment.
     
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