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Bryant Gumbel & Al Roker: Leave Matt Lauer Alone!


Bryant Gumbel and Al Roker – friends and Today colleagues of Matt Lauer – say the TV anchor and his wife Annette Roque seem fine … and to back off!

Echoing the couple’s own angry denials of a breakup, Gumbel said: “Nobody likes being under a microscope, even in the best of times. It’s not pleasant.”

“I think they’re doing fine. They just stay away from the glare.”

Gumbel’s wife Hilary also spoke in support of the Lauers: “They’ve made their rebuttal [to the accusations] … They’ve done what they needed to do.”

Lauer was said to be having an affair, and Alexis Houston (alleged sister of Whitney) was alleged to be the other woman involved in the scandal.

Today weatherman Al Roker says he doesn’t believe rumors.

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Matt and Annette Lauer have denied cheating allegations.

“All I know is that he’s great,” Roker said. “I’ve seen him. They’re fine. It’s more about things on the outside. Everything on the inside is fine.”

Matt Lauer and his wife, married since 1998, blasted a report alleging that Lauer had moved out of the family’s apartment amid reports of infidelity.

According to the report, the sexy beast was also looking for his own bachelor pad. He told People last week that the story was “a work of fiction.”

While acknowledging vaguely the imperfections in his marriage, Lauer denied the details of the report and says everything is fine with Annette.

We hope so. The couple has three kids under the age of 10.

Spencer Pratt Lambasts Al Roker on Twitter


Yesterday, we reported that NBC’s Today Show called off its planned interview with Speidi at the last minute, citing the ambiguous “schedule changes.”

Spencer Pratt thinks he knows the real reason NBC pulled the plug, and responded like anyone would - Twittering a tirade of insults at Today’s Al Roker.

There has been no confirmation that Roker’s testy relationship with Pratt and Heidi Montag caused the cancellation, but Spencer took it quite personally.

From Roker’s weight, to his overall appearance, to his marital history and relationship with his children, nothing about Speidi’s nemesis was off limits.

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Spencer may have gone over the line this time.

While you knew he would try to gain publicity from this somehow, he seems rather bitter. Here were Spencer Pratt’s ridiculously uncalled-for Tweets to Al:

  • “HEY WEATHERMAN I thought you were out of town today getting your stomach stapled again?”
  • “You look very sick? Do you always look like your about to die? How old are you 97? You should retire asap - No one would even know?”
  • “I heard you snitched on your own kids at school! I bet your kids HATE you!! I would if my dad came to my school and snitched me out”
  • “Is it true you have been married 6 times? I’m sure all your wives left you when they realized you were abusive to women! Sicko!”

Yeesh. That goes a little beyond typical Speidi ribbing, right?

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The NBC personality was silent on the topic Monday, but he wasn’t the last time Speidi appeared on the show, triggering the couple’s Al Roker feud.

Roker didn’t take it lightly back in June, saying he would whomp Spencer in a fight and calling out Heidi Montag for her inability to answer questions.

Will he respond this time? Whose side are you on?