Report: Matt Lauer Caught in Cheating Scandal

By PopEater Staff Posted May 13th 2010 11:13AM

'Today Show' host Matt Lauer has reportedly moved out of his house after his wife of 12 years accused him of cheating while he was covering the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, The National Enquirer reports. The paper reports that Lauer's wife, Annette Roque, accused him of "fooling around during 'Today's' on-site coverage of the Olympics in Vancouver" and that Lauer "went wild" while in Canada. He allegedly moved out of the couple's apartment after an "explosive two-day fight."

According to RadarOnline, Lauer stood his wife up for Valentine's Day, choosing instead to stay in Vancouver. Radar's sources claim he was spotted boozing and flirting with women -- including two young, Canadian broadcasters.

"There was lots of drinking and Matt was seen on-and-off with two women, both of them pretty Canadian broadcasters," the source said. "He was getting very flirtatious with them, and they seemed to be enjoying it."

Apparently, a wife of one of Lauer's NBC colleagues found out about his partying ways and called Annette. "She accused Matt of cheating," the source told RadarOnline. "He said the Canadian women were just friends and colleagues. He made the excuse that he'd stayed longer purely for business reasons. The fighting went on for two days, and finally Matt walked out."

Lauer's mother-in-law Johanna Struijk confirmed to RadarOnline that the couple are no longer living together, and Annette is not wearing her wedding ring.

This isn't the first time Lauer has been caught in a cheating scandal. His wife allegedly learned he was having an affair with a married woman back in 1998, just months before their wedding. In 2006, Annette, then pregnant with the couple's third child, filed for divorce but withdrew the divorce petition a month later.

For now, "Matt is trying to keep this [split] on the down low," a 'Today Show' insider said. On Thursday morning, he reported from Cannes, France where he attended the American Pavilion Ribbon Cutting during the 63rd Annual International Cannes Film Festival.

While nothing has been officially confirmed by the couple, The Enquirer did get John Edwards and Tiger Woods cheating scandals right.

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Matt Lauer attends the American Pavilion Ribbon Cutting during the 63rd Annual International Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2010 in Cannes, France. More photos >>

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Journalist Matt Lauer attends the American Pavilion Ribbon Cutting held at the American Pavilion during the 63rd Annual International Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2010 in Cannes, France. 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival - American Pavilion Ribbon Cutting American Pavilion Cannes, France May 13, 2010 Photo by Tony Barson/WireImage.com To license this image (60430599), contact WireImage.com

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U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco Charles H. Rivkin, center left, and NBC's Matt Lauer, center right, attend the opening ceremony for the American Pavillion at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco Charles H. Rivkin, center left, and NBC's Matt Lauer, center right, cut the ribbon during the opening ceremony for the American Pavillion at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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US Ambassador to France, Charles H. Riukin and journalist Matt Lauer cut the American Pavilion ribbon at the American Pavilion during the 63rd Annual International Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2010 in Cannes, France. 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival - American Pavilion Ribbon Cutting American Pavilion Cannes, France May 13, 2010 Photo by Tony Barson/WireImage.com To license this image (60430609), contact WireImage.com

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 13: US Ambassador to France and Monaco Charles H. Rivkin and Matt Lauer during the American Pavillion Opening with Matt Lauer as part of the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2010 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Charles H. Rivkin;Matt Lauer

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Thursday 13 May

By stan

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another hollywood jerkoff cheating on his wife...hohum

By Liz

Matt Lauer just proved himself to be the obnoxious, pompos twit that we all knew him to be. I hope his wife takes him for every penny he made.

By Southpaw

Who would even want him? Very unattractive, and the thinning hair isn't helping....at all.

By Cynthia Louise Plum

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I always thought Matt was gay. I'm very suprised at all of this.

By Hello Forbidden

OH god please not another sex addict!

By Dean

If those women cheated with Matt you can bet they were drunk as hell.

By Kathleen

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Maybe women should take a good look at their relationships . Seems more and more men are cheating . I still say and will always believe that if a man is happy at home he will not cheat .

By FatCatJRG

Why's "Annette" so ticked? She apparently didn't want the dude's last name. So quit flappin' yer' pie-hole Ms. "Loque". One look at the pic and you gotta' wonder where she parks her broom? Just imagine her in a pointed, black hat: "I'll get you my pretty...
and your little dog tooooo!".

By hrdrknmf

last i heard partying and flirting wasn't cheating,besides this is just here-say from his wifes jealous,nibby-nosed friend.move on matt your wife is a psycho to react like this to rumor

By nomoedrama

John, Jesse, Tigers...yeah. Matt, Matt, Matt. That's just wrong.

By mara

What a beautiful woman! Matt : if he wouldn't be in television woman would look through on him!! His life story not important to us really not even his anchorage

By Oldknight

And anyone who reads this is surprised? Please people..he's a limo liberal...they cheat on everyone..

By mitch

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he is doing another man, right?

By cp8967

I am not excusing his cheating, if, in fact, it really happened, but I would like to know who the miserable woman is who called his wife. I cannot imagine doing this. Unless she was in the room where cheating activity took place, she knows nothing, and even if she did, she should learn the value of minding her own business. What a mean troublemaker--and don't tell me she was only being a friend to his wife--noooooo, just meanness no matter how she rationalizes it.

By Jan

First, what woman would want Matt Lauer? He's bald, patronizing and just barely intelligent. He did his wife a favor, she'll get some dough, find a nice young guy and Matt will be dispised by NBC. Just saying...

By Tena

I am extremely tired of reading about celebrity infidelities. It is really no one's business but their own.

By al

What woman in her right mind would cheat with that ugly dude?

By ddanodn2

Matt who?....

By xussbil

Wow, and to think he was soooo busy trying to defend Clinton in the 90's when he got caught hahahahahaha Typical Elitist Liberal

By traumajunkie3

I get a kick out of all the "holier then thou" people that say''Who Cares"..Evidently they do...They read the article
Im also surprised that lauer was out with "women"

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