Ann Curry Breaks Her Silence On Matt Lauer's Sexual Misconduct And Subsequent Firing
Posted on Wed Jan 17th, 2018 11:50am PDT By X17 Staff
Karma is real, folks!
Ann Curry broke her silence on former co-anchor Matt Lauer's sexual misconduct and subsequent firing during an interview on CBS This Morning, and the TV personality stopped short of throwing him under the bus, even though they're rumored to hate each other.
"You know, I'm trying not do harm in these conversations. I can tell you I am not surprised by the allegations. I'm trying not to hurt people. I know what it's like to be publicly humiliated. I never did anything wrong to be publicly humiliated and I don't want to cause that kind of pain to somebody else. I can say that, because you're asking me a very direct question, I can say that I would be surprised if many women did not understand that there was a climate of verbal harassment that existed. I think it would be surprising if someone said that they didn't see that. It was verbal sexual harassment," she diplomatically said when asked if she thought the allegations against Lauer were surprising.
Host Gayle King then flat out asked if Curry believed Lauer was behind her firing from Today in 2012, as it has been reported.
"In your opinion, many thought Matt Lauer was behind you leaving the Today show. I'd like to know what you feel about that. We've never talked about it. I always wondered. Your last day was very emotional, very difficult for you clearly and I don't want to upset you here either..." King questioned.
Curry didn't deny it, but said it was all water under the bridge.
"I don't know what all was behind it. I do know it hurt like hell, it wasn't a fun moment, I've learned a great deal about myself. I've at this point let it go. I just let it go, and I want to sort of really move on from that," she explained.
What a class act!