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Matt Lauer has set his sights on a TV comeback eight years after he was axed from the Today show.
The former TV anchor, 67, is said to have discussed a possible return to the small screen, because he is "doing well in his private life", a source told People.
The insider added: "[Matt] wants to get back into the media arena in some capacity, if not TV. He has talked to some people about it."
As reported last month in the Enquirer, Lauer is already looking at possible options including an unlikely alliance with fellow TV news pariahs.
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NBC terminated Lauer's contract in November 2017, amid allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior towards a colleague.
The network said in a statement at the time that it received a "detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer," and NBC had "reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident".
A day later, Lauer said via a statement he was "truly sorry" for the "pain" he had caused, but insisted "some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized."
But he admitted: "There is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed."
Following the allegations, Lauer and his wife Annette Roque — who he married in 1998, and shares children Jack, 24, Romy, 22, and Thijs, 18, with — divorced in 2019.
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Since his firing by NBC, the source told People that Lauer has been living around the Hamptons with his girlfriend, marketing executive Shamin Abas, and often visits his house in New Zealand.
While the source noted that Lauer is "still angry" about how he was "treated by the industry," he is said to be happy and focuses on being a "good father" and "spending time" with his kids.Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency
Well, she is great pals with Kris Jenner. In a candid new interview, Jennifer Lawrence was surprisingly upfront about her thoughts on plastic surgery.
The 35-year-old told The New Yorker she’s avoided fillers but gets Botox, though she admitted she has to be able to move her forehead to play regular people — like the spiraling new mom in her upcoming flick Die My Love.
Asked if she’d gotten a deep-plane facelift like her newly refreshed friend Kris, Jennifer shot back, “No, but believe me, I’m gonna!”
The Oscar winner, who shares two sons with her husband, Cooke Maroney, also announced that she plans to get her boobs done this month, adding that she wanted to get the surgery before she has to film a nude scene in the spring. (She has two films in pre-production.)
“Everything bounced back, pretty much, after the first one,” she said of the 2022 birth of son Cy. Of baby No. 2’s March arrival, she said, “Second one, nothing bounced back.”
The actress mused that even if she weren’t famous, she’d still go under the knife. “Maybe I wouldn’t be hustling to the appointment the same way,” she said. “But I think yes.”