Disgraced former “Today” show host Matt Lauer‘s longtime colleague Katie Couric has broken her silence about Lauer’s firing in late November from NBC for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.”
“The whole thing has been very painful for me,” Couric told People magazine in an interview published Saturday. “The accounts I’ve read and heard have been disturbing, distressing and disorienting and it’s completely unacceptable that any woman at the Today show experienced this kind of treatment.
”Following Lauer’s firing, multiple women anonymously accused Lauer of sexual harassment and sexual abuse in stories published by The New York Times and Variety.
Lauer said in statement immediately following his firing, “There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. As I am writing this,…
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