During an interview on the Wendy Williams Show, Katie Couric discussed the dismissal of her former “Today Show” co-host Matt Lauer by explaining why the now infamous door locking “button” on his desk was, in fact, nothing unusual in NBC exec offices:
Katie Couric Defends Lauer: ‘A Lot of NBC Execs’ Had Secret Buttons in Their Office https://t.co/iB3YHKDWLc
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) May 1, 2018
Katie Couric Defends Lauer: ‘A Lot of NBC Execs’ Had Secret Buttons in Their Office https://t.co/4WdJ55fyt1 #TTT pic.twitter.com/M8JFbHN59F
— Scott Whitlock (@ScottJW) May 1, 2018
Well isn’t that interesting! Here’s a transcript of that portion of the interview, via Newsbusters, that left Wendy Williams in disbelief:
COURIC: I think the whole button thing, you know? I think — NBC — a lot of stuff gets misreported and blown out of proportion. A lot of NBC executives, they make it sound like some kind of den of inequity. I don’t know what was happening. A lot of NBC executives have those buttons that opened and closed doors.
WILLIAMS: Oh really?
COURIC: They did. I mean, it was really just a privacy thing. It wasn’t —
WILLIAMS: Shhh. You are saying a lot, girl. You are saying a lot.
COURIC: No, no, no.
WILLIAMS: Did you have a button. Did you have a button to open and close your door?
COURIC: I did not. No, no, no. Honestly I think it was an executive perk that some people opted to have and I don’t think it was a nefarious thing. I really don’t. And I think that is misconstrued. [Williams looks appalled.] You can look at me like that if you want.
WILLIAMS: We agree to disagree. I’ve known you for a long time. But you are on the “say it like you mean it show” and I can’t front.
Here’s video starting with Couric’s explanation of “the whole button thing” at NBC:
Hmm…
That's not a defense of Lauer. https://t.co/n69MCv5df8
— Rev. Ducati ? (@Reverend_Ducati) May 2, 2018
Er, not really!
https://twitter.com/ThinBlueLR/status/991710156076535808
I don't think that's a good of a defense as she thinks it is…
— Jeff Halm (@jeffhalm) May 2, 2018
That's not so much "reassuring" as it is "deeply disturbing".
Just FYI. https://t.co/lxOpYomtWk
— Daddy Warpig (@Daddy_Warpig) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/Natale732/status/991708070530174977
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) May 2, 2018
This sounds awful, but apparently, it's true and they were put in for security reasons. Obviously, Lauer didn't use it that way…
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) May 2, 2018
Yea, I remember when the story first broke but this is an insane defense of Lauer.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) May 2, 2018
'secret buttons' wtf?
— Fatoosh (@Fatooosh34) May 2, 2018
NBC News has really been plagued by its share of accusations lately, and it’s not just about Matt Lauer.
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