In an interview with Howard Stern that is sure to make his wife extremely pleased, Today host Matt Lauer says Katie Couric is “very attractive.”
Like 9-out-of-10 hot. Maybe even 10-out-of-10!
Guess that on-air chemistry that produced years and years of ratings wins – ones that seem like a distant memory for maligned Matt now – was real.
“She’s a very attractive woman, not only physically but her personality,” Lauer gushed of his former co-host. “If she’s a 9 or 10 physically, she’s a 14 overall.”
“Because … she’s just got a great personality. She’s fun.”
We have no doubt. But down boy. Cold shower time.
All kidding aside, Today is now behind ABC’s Good Morning America after a decade-plus of dominance, and Lauer’s popularity has been in decline.
Between a top exec leaving, Lauer being blamed by some publicly and the treatment of Ann Curry leading to major scorn … it’s been a huge mess.
Gone are the salad days, when Lauer anchored with Couric from 1994-2006. The ratings back then were as hot as he apparently thinks she is.
“We had a good and easy chemistry,” he said, though he insists it never went beyond friendship, he insists. Ditto his relationship with Meredith Vieira.
“I had a relationship with Meredith Vieira where I constantly wanted to hug her,” he says of the longtime Today staple, called her “beloved” by the staff.
We can just see Annette Roque getting the doghouse ready now.