When life offers you lemons…
Don Lemon has thrown his assist behind Matt Lauer after following the previous “Today” present host’s colossal 2017 fall from grace.
The previous CNN anchor, 58, has remained pals with Lauer after a number of ladies accused him of sexual harassment and rape, prompting him to lose his prestigious NBC job.
Showing on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast on Wednesday, Lemon advised hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn that Lauer, 67, has the potential to make a profitable comeback within the podcast world.
“I think that if he could come back to digital, he can set his own course. But I only got to know Matt after, you know, the whole situation happened,” he mentioned.
Lemon added that the fan response to seeing Lauer in public has not dialed down since his departure from the NBC present.
“Whenever I see Matt out and about or, you know, even with us, if we go out to dinner, my husband [Tim MaloneI] go out to dinner with him and his fiancée and people love him. Women love him. They’re like, ‘Man, oh my God, can I get a picture? I love you. I miss you on television.’ Right?” he mentioned.
“And so, I think the public loves him. The public misses him, but it’s just the… it’s the people inside the business who are afraid of.”
“Maybe there is a way that he’ll come back, but I think it’s more of the people who are inside of the business who are concerned about, you know, what happened with Matt,” he added.
The previous information anchor instructed that Lauer’s return might occur if the general public had something to do with it.
“I think the public… I’ll put it this way. I think the general public would accept — just me — would accept Matt back. And I think people would watch him and I think the ratings would be great,” he mentioned.
It seems as if Lemon is simply one of many few pals left in Lauer’s circle.
Lauer’s friendships have reportedly undergone a “drastic change” because the disgraced information anchor was fired from his high-profile job.
A supply near Lauer beforehand advised Folks that he has “iced out many old friends, even people who stuck by him after the ‘Today’ show.”
Today, Lauer resides “a fairly good life” however added his new actuality is “nothing at all like what it was” previous to his departure from the present, the supply added.
