Matt Lauer Pokes Fun At His Own Bad Press

Matt Lauer

Matt Lauer made light of his own bad press last week at UJA Federation of New York’s Broadcast Cable & Film Division event honoring Bloomberg Media Group CEO Andrew Lackm reports The New York Post.

Lauer, who emceed, took the stage and told the crowd at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square he was “a bit surprised to be asked to host this dinner. If you’ve been following the papers lately, you know it’s been a bit rough for me. These days, I only get asked to host dinners if polio is busy. Yup, I have a lower Q rating than polio right now.”

Later, after introducing Tony Bennett, who performed a few songs, Lauer introduced presenter Katie Couric with this zinger: “Katie has a way of making headlines. Who can forget when she was co-host of the ‘Today’ show? She got a colonoscopy on TV. Not to be outdone, two weeks ago, I got one in The New York Times.”

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