Lauer Out At NBC in Kharmic Payback

NBC announced that longtime “Today” host Matt Lauer has been fired following allegations of workplace misconduct. The termination reminded many of Lauer’s relationship with former co-host Curry and the role he played in her departure from the show in 2012.

According to the New York Magazine, the two former morning co-hosts did not get along. Lauer apparently did not like Curry and didn’t put any real effort into improving their awkward on-air interactions.

According to The New York Times, Curry also felt a “boys’ club atmosphere behind the scenes at ‘Today’ undermined her from the start.” She told those close to her that her last few months at the job felt like “professional torture.”

Curry was allegedly fired from “Today” because the show’s ratings had fallen behind rival “Good Morning America.” But in reality, internal research found that when the two were onscreen together, it was Lauer who was less appealing to viewers, not Curry.  “He was looking aloof, a little bit holier-than-thou, and pompous,” a former NBC executive who viewed the research told New York Magazine at the time.  When Curry eventually announced her departure on air, she openly wept and turned away from Lauer. 

It was a moment etched in many viewers’ memories.

In response to Lauer’s firing, Curry said earlier today, “I’m still really processing it.”  Before Curry could release a fuller public statement, people on Twitter began imagining her reaction to the news of Lauer’s firing, with many using the phrase “Somewhere, Ann Curry ...” to express their own karma-is-a-bitch fantasies.