Matt Lauer Will Pay Ex Annette Roque $20M In Divorce
Posted on Wed Aug 15th, 2018 11:40am PDT By X17 Staff
We would have expected this to be more, actually!
Matt Lauer has agreed to pay his soon-to-be ex-wife Annette Roque $20 million in their divorce settlement, Page Six reports.
The couple split after the TV anchor was sacked from the Today show for sexual harassment and workplace infidelities, and he's been keeping a low profile since. Although contentious at first, the former spouses are finally in a good place and amicably co-parenting their three children.
"Things really have settled down. Matt and Annette are getting on and they’re both spending time with their kids. They hope to settle the divorce very soon," a source dished to the outlet.
Their split is a little easier thanks to a "postnup" they signed back in 2006, when the model was ready to leave the newsman over his rumored affairs. She ultimately dropped her divorce filing and stayed with him, until he was exposed during the #MeToo movement.
"Matt agreed to pay Annette a lump sum of millions back in 2006 as an incentive to stay with him to help him maintain his squeaky clean image as ‘America’s Dad.’ She also got an allowance every year, plus it was agreed that she would get a share of the value of all their homes if they did split," the source added.
Lauer just sold his Upper East Side apartment for $7.35 million, and they also own a $36.5 million Hamptons home together.
"Matt’s bending over backwards to give Annette everything she wants because he feels so guilty. But he would love the Hamptons home. Matt still maintains the relationships he had in the workplace were consensual. He does feel like the poster boy of the #MeToo movement when he sees other high powered men hanging on to their jobs despite allegations," the insider revealed.
They share custody of kids Jack, 17, Romy, 14, and Thijs, 11.
Cheating is expensive, fellas!