
Matt Lauer and Hota Kotb in file photos. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for TIME; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images For CMT
Matt Laeur texted Hota Kotb after discovering she was replacing him as co-anchor of a top part of the “Today Show,” it’s been revealed.
Lauer was fired in November after allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct were levied against him by a former staffer.