My mom got Ann Curry fired

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or so she claims. Does anyone know what this means? She send me the following text and now she's probably asleep and I have to wait until tomorrow for an explanation:

"I got Ann Curry fired. Google it. Pays to write a letter."

What did Ann Curry do that could have potentially offended my middle of the road non-religious New Yorker of a mother?

I did google it and didn't see anything yet. I'm not up on the Today show and figured she was fired because they wanted someone younger/prettier etc.

[niemand88f]

There's plenty of articles indicating that she's on her way out, here's one. But no official announcement from NBC. I don't watch the show but I have heard that she isn't a great fit for that role.

ETA: I doubt it has anything to do with your mom's letter, lol.

[pixy0stix]

Your mom is powerful.

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But what would prompt my mom to write a letter? She's not a letter writer. The articles I found said that she just didn't have good chemistry with Lauer and I doubt my mom would get fired up about that.

[secretlyevil]

I liked her more when she was at the new desk. I have no idea why your mom would write a letter.

[laurenpetro]

you're going to need to get her to spell it out. for the sake of the board er- i mean, for fact checking purposes

[druidp]

Wait... she's not ON this board, is she???

::looking around nervously::

[EloiseWeenie]

Lol, you should have had her reply to the SJP email.

[KateAggie]

WAKE HER UP. I must know how Ann Curry pissed her off. Was it the 12 "good morning"s a la the soup?

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Update!

My little sister lives at home so I texted her. She said Mom wrote to the Today Show to complain that Bobbi Brown was a disgrace because of his recent performance (?) and in that letter she mentioned they should also fire Curry because she has no personality.

You're welcome, America!

[druidp]

You could respond: "Huh. I only ruin lives via email. To each their own."

Did they fire Ann Curry? Not that I've watched the Today Show in a decade, but I always liked her at the news desk.

[emilyj]

That's really funny! Thank your mom for me. I think Ann Curry is dreadful.

[pescalita]

Jun 21, 2012 22:14:49 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

WAKE HER UP. I must know how Ann Curry pissed her off. Was it the 12 "good morning"s a la the soup?

Good morning everyone, in the news this morning everyone...

She's getting fired because Matt Lauer is a manwhore and an ass who can only have chemistry with someone he could imagine banging, and NBC has to do whatever he wants because everyone hates Ryan Seacrest.

I like her, I think she's a good journalist and probably a nice person. She just never had that morning show thing, and she can't improvise her way out of a paper bag. I hope they give her a great foreign correspondent gig.

[KateAggie]

Jun 21, 2012 22:49:08 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Jun 21, 2012 22:14:49 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

WAKE HER UP. I must know how Ann Curry pissed her off. Was it the 12 "good morning"s a la the soup?

Good morning everyone, in the news this morning everyone...

She's getting fired because Matt Lauer is a manwhore and an ass who can only have chemistry with someone he could imagine banging, and NBC has to do whatever he wants because everyone hates Ryan Seacrest.

I like her, I think she's a good journalist and probably a nice person. She just never had that morning show thing, and she can't improvise her way out of a paper bag. I hope they give her a great foreign correspondent gig.

I like her, too, but thanks to Joel, every time I see her, I just hear "good morning, good morning everybody, in the news this morning, good morning," on a repeating loop.

It's awesome and annoying all at the same time. Much like Ann Curry.

[iamali]

Can you ask your mom to please write my boss and tell them I deserve a fat raise? I mean, she has all this power, she should put it to good use!

[marie427]

Jun 21, 2012 22:49:08 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Jun 21, 2012 22:14:49 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

She's getting fired because Matt Lauer is a manwhore and an ass who can only have chemistry with someone he could imagine banging, and NBC has to do whatever he wants because everyone hates Ryan Seacrest.

Why have I only been hearing about his manwhore-ness recently? Say it ain't so, I adore the man.

He had great chemistry with Meredith and I never got the sense that he wanted to bang her. Hmmmm.

Thank you, NQB's mom!!! :-)

[lys]

I think Ann Curry is the best thing NBC has to offer.
Matt Lauer did not want to work with AC in the first placwhen she was first hired!
NBC has been losing viewership and is on it's way down.

[laurenpetro]

Jun 21, 2012 22:49:08 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Jun 21, 2012 22:14:49 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

WAKE HER UP. I must know how Ann Curry pissed her off. Was it the 12 "good morning"s a la the soup?

Good morning everyone, in the news this morning everyone...

She's getting fired because Matt Lauer is a manwhore and an ass who can only have chemistry with someone he could imagine banging, and NBC has to do whatever he wants because everyone hates Ryan Seacrest.

i'm with you except for the fact that he can only have chemistry with someone he could imagine banging, unless he wanted to bang Meredith. i can't see that being the case (since she's over 22) and they were great together.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I heard Matt Lauer wanted Natalie Morales in because he's slapping thighs with her on the regular.
Is your mom also doing the Mattster?
That's impressive. My mom got my son's day care teacher fired, but that's the most power she's ever wielded.

[secretlyevil]

Jun 22, 2012 8:19:39 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

I heard Matt Lauer wanted Natalie Morales in because he's slapping thighs with her on the regular.
Is your mom also doing the Mattster?

AND thank you very much for those images.

[ringstrue]

lol! I <3 your mom!

[marie427]

Jun 22, 2012 8:19:39 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

I heard Matt Lauer wanted Natalie Morales in because he's slapping thighs with her on the regular.
Is your mom also doing the Mattster?
That's impressive. My mom got my son's day care teacher fired, but that's the most power she's ever wielded.

I think Natalie would be great as Matt's co-anchor, alleged banging aside.

[likeagoodidea]

Jun 22, 2012 0:40:06 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

Jun 21, 2012 22:49:08 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Good morning everyone, in the news this morning everyone...

She's getting fired because Matt Lauer is a manwhore and an ass who can only have chemistry with someone he could imagine banging, and NBC has to do whatever he wants because everyone hates Ryan Seacrest.

I like her, I think she's a good journalist and probably a nice person. She just never had that morning show thing, and she can't improvise her way out of a paper bag. I hope they give her a great foreign correspondent gig.

Hahaha. Me too.

I like her, too, but thanks to Joel, every time I see her, I just hear "good morning, good morning everybody, in the news this morning, good morning," on a repeating loop.

It's awesome and annoying all at the same time. Much like Ann Curry.

[pescalita]

I agree Meredith is a problem in the banging theory, but I still think there was a good dose of sexual tension to their schtick.

And yes, it's another installment of cute-men-as-assholes (see: Matthew Fox). But that ship sailed when his pregnant wife almost left him for the cheating.

[bte4242]

I like Natalie! I remember watching her on the NBC morning news when I was still in CT.

I must agree that Matt Lauer is a total man whore!! Every time Giada is on doing her cooking segment, they flirt non-stop! The last time I saw them, she was eating whipped cream out of the can and asked Matt if he'd like some. He said, "I don't normally, but you can do what ever you want to me!" What???

[Scout'sHonor]

Jun 22, 2012 9:14:12 GMT -5 bte4242 said:

I like Natalie! I remember watching her on the NBC morning news when I was still in CT.

I must agree that Matt Lauer is a total man whore!! Every time Giada is on doing her cooking segment, they flirt non-stop! The last time I saw them, she was eating whipped cream out of the can and asked Matt if he'd like some. He said, "I don't normally, but you can do what ever you want to me!" What???

I like Natalie too. She was on my flight back to Denver the day after thanksgiving a few years ago and is so tiny in person.

Re: Giada, she has the reputation of blow job queen in the entertainment industry, so I wouldn't be surprised if Matt's working on that too.

[heyjude]

I've always loved Ann but she is way too smart and cerebral for that gig.

[marie427]

Can they just have Kathie Lee and Hoda cover all four hours? They are such lovable trainwrecks.

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Ok my mom wrote back to me this morning and said "was boring an condescening. No chemistry with Matt." She's a teacher so I'm sure the upcoming Olympic coverage is important to her. I wonder if they will send drunk Kathy Lee and Hoda across the pond.

[bte4242]

Jun 22, 2012 9:46:39 GMT -5 Scout'sHonor said:

Jun 22, 2012 9:14:12 GMT -5 bte4242 said:

I like Natalie! I remember watching her on the NBC morning news when I was still in CT.

I must agree that Matt Lauer is a total man whore!! Every time Giada is on doing her cooking segment, they flirt non-stop! The last time I saw them, she was eating whipped cream out of the can and asked Matt if he'd like some. He said, "I don't normally, but you can do what ever you want to me!" What???

I like Natalie too. She was on my flight back to Denver the day after thanksgiving a few years ago and is so tiny in person.

Re: Giada, she has the reputation of blow job queen in the entertainment industry, so I wouldn't be surprised if Matt's working on that too.

Blow Job Queen REALLY??? OMG that's hilarious! I have to tell my Brother that. Every time she's on the show my bro is on FB talking about how flirtatious she is. He's always sworn something was up haha!