Matt Lauer: 'To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry'

[demmiblue]

Source: CNN

A day after NBC announced his termination, Matt Lauer said Thursday that he is "truly sorry" for the pain he has caused.

Lauer has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women through interviews with The New York Times and Variety magazine. At least three women have filed complaints with NBC.

"There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions," Lauer said in a statement provided to CNN. "To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. As I am writing this I realize the depth of the damage and disappointment I have left behind at home and at NBC."

"Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly," Lauer said.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/30/media/matt-lauer-apology/index.html?sr=twCNN113017matt-lauer-apology1213PMStory

[Fullduplexxx]

1. Funny how truely sorry everyone is after

[MurrayDelph]

22. after

they get caught and have to face consequences.

[Fullduplexxx]

23. I deliberately left that blank because many have already been caught it just nobody would believe th

The women or they opted to do nothing about it

[MurrayDelph]

26. Sorry, I thought

you were leaving it for the next person to fill.

[Fullduplexxx]

29. No need for an apology .... but yea much of these accusations were

Known so they were already caught just suffered zero consequences

[Lochloosa]

2. Fuck him.

[PearliePoo2]

3. No you're not. You're just sorry you got caught and exposed as a rapist.

As the most prominent, powerful figure at NBC News you figured you'd get away with anything.

So you summoned a woman to your office and locked your door. You ordered her to remove her blouse.
You bent her over your chair and raped her. She was so traumatized and terrified she passed out and collapsed.
A company nurse had to be called to attend to her.

I hope your fucking ass gets sued to oblivion. I hope you are penniless and miserable the rest of your disgusting life. (and I hope that life isn't much longer)

[LisaM]

5. How do you keep working at a job after doing something like this?

I feel guilty if I accidentally take a pen home. What allows someone to be able to function after doing this?

[forgotmylogin]

15. They installed a special button for him.

[PearliePoo2]

18. Guys like this have no conscience, morality or character.

They are predatory, egotistical monsters with a sense of entitlement. They're drunk on power. They're assholes.

I'm glad he got busted. I hope others have the courage to come forward. I hope he's ruined and I hope he gets sued for everything he's got.
I also feel profound sadness for the women and his victims who will be affected by his assaults for the rest of their lives.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Exactly, he is only sorry he got caught and lost his income, power and prestige.

He could care less about his victims.
OMG, the story you posted is blood chilling.

[Jules Hey]

4. Go suck on a tailpipe, asshole!

You will not be missed.

[deminks]

6. Talk to the hand, dirtbag.

[marble falls]

7. "Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized" well in that case, OK ....

Why can't these guys make a real apology???????

Nothing I've read about what he did could possibly be misread or misunderstood. A lot of it certainly seems criminal.

Isn't anyone else curious why at least two of his victims passed out after sessions in his locked office and had to be taken to company medical offices?

[JenniferJuniper]

14. They can't apologize properly because

they aren't sorry for their actions. Just sorry they finally were caught.

[marble falls]

16. The one and only possible explaination. Its a wonder he didn't issue a "coming out of the closet" ..

statement with it.

How's he explain this crap to Ms Lauer, "Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized"?

[rtracey]

8. hmmm

Now he is sorry, but not when he pulled his dick out in his office.... fuck you Lauer, you did it, got caught and now you can join your friends at the i'm fucked table.

[extvbroadcaster]

9. Never liked him

Just another dick anchor, not worth anything like what they paid him. So he is nice on camera and can banter with other air heads.
So what? That's worth 20 million a year and letting him showing his dick to fellow employees? The real people here that need the 20 million are the women he did this stuff too. But don't feel bad for Matt! He's head off to the hills with his money and re-emerge later in some form, saying he has changed and is now a good guy. The whole broadcasting business sucks, that's why I left. A friend of mine (who also got out) told me one time the biggest dicks he ever met in his life were in TV. Boy, ain't that the truth.

[ehrnst]

10. Does that include working to tank Hillary's run for president, jerk? (nt)

[still_one]

11. bullshit. The jerk is only sorry that he got caught

[underpants]

12. Hey Lauer

[bullwinkle428]

13. I want to hear your next statement of contrition from behind prison bars, asshole!

[Mosby]

17. I hope he goes to jail

He's not sorry, he's a predator and sociopath.

[obamanut2012]

19. Maybe don't be a rapist and sexual batterer

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Matt Lauer can go to hell.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

20. Sorry. Too late.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. I wonder if ht's going to some Celebrity Rehab Center.

I'm sure they can fix "stupid" and "arrogant", and maybe "disrespectful".

[Blue_Tires]

24. Meanwhile, Trump still denies he ever did anything

and Moore's "defense" is that 14-year-old girls are all wanton sluts...

[brooklynite]

25. ".....that I got caught".

[The_Casual_Observer]

27. Dumbass no talent was making 20 million a year for essentially doing nothing

and he screwed it up by molesting the women he worked with. Honest to god, he ought to be put in jail for being stupid.

[woodsprite]

28. He's missing a few words at the end of that sentence.

What he meant to add was "that I got caught."

[milestogo]

30. Go far far away and never come back.

[delisen]

32. To the people I have not yet hurt, your turn is coming?

I'm not a fan of most television "hosts" and can't even conjure up an image of Lauer-but after watching a clip of his manipulative questioning of Hillary Clinton in the debate I think it is imperative to get the Matt Lauers out of the debate process.

One thing we have lost in the election process was the role of the League of Women Voters. In 1988 which pulled out of its traditional role because -in the words of the League they did not want to help perpetrate a fraud.


LEAGUE REFUSES TO "HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD"

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

WASHINGTON, DC —"The League of Women Voters is withdrawing its sponsorship of the presidential debate scheduled for mid-October because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter," League President Nancy M. Neuman said today.

"It has become clear to us that the candidates' organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and honest answers to tough questions," Neuman said. "The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public."

Neuman said that the campaigns presented the League with their debate agreement on
September 28, two weeks before the scheduled debate. The campaigns' agreement was negotiated "behind closed doors" and was presented to the League as "a done deal," she said, its 16 pages of conditions not subject to negotiation.

The League of Women Voters full hard hitting statement can be found here:

https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud

It was the campaigns of GHW Bush and of Dukakis who worked together in secret to keep the the League from asking hard questions.

It was a shameful campaign agreement and set the stage for what we have today. So Campaign, 1988 was an strike both against women in the public sphere and for dishonesty in presidential politics.