http://t.co/QUwUgnyO
"It was definitely not Matt's call," says exec producer Jim Bell. "He is the host and does not have management responsibility. It was not his call. That was my call." Bell also knocked "GMA" saying "Today" is a "more serious show" while "GMA" "does something else."
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/lauer_told_bell_to_ring_A4OQTcF6jnUh81 4ppZOLlN
A source tells Page Six, "Matt was sick of being the punching bag."
Matt is much too prissy. The show is becoming all about Matt and his issues. Please. I don't give a rats patooty if he is a germaphobe or anything else.
LOL - Today has not been about serious news for over 20 years. They will never show the Tom Brokaw remarks about why he left the Today show. It was something along the lines of:
I found myself sitting on the sofa interviewing another blond starlet and realized this was not why I went into the news.