2010: The Year Of The Cheating Spouse seems to be continuing on a roll. 

The latest member of the club, according to the National Enquirer, is Today co- host Matt Lauer. 

Word is Matt was going wild while in Vancouver during the Winter Olympics.  Apparently, he stood his wife, Annette, up on Valentine’s Day and was having so much “fun” he stayed on for a few days after the closing ceremony.

Once Matt got back, his wife confronted him, having been informed of hisextra curricular activities (flirting and canoodling in public) by another Today show staffer’s wife, and threw him out.    

Supposedly, NBC brass have been pressuring Matt to keep the status of his marriage and living arrangement hush-hush, so his “family man ” image isn’t tarnished, since most of his fan base is female and married (the Soccer Mom Brigade).

This isn’t the first time there’s been trouble between Matt and Annette.  In 2006, they briefly separated while she was expecting their third kid and Annette actually filed for divorce, but the proceedings were called off after a month.  

Most shocking of all?  Gloria Allred isn’t involved in this.  Yet.

UPDATE – Matt and Annette have both gone to the always celebrity friendly People to dispute the story in the Enquirer.  According to them, the story is lies!  All lies! 

Matt told them, “I am living in my apartment with Annette and my children as a family and a couple.  I have never moved out. I am not moving out. There is no truth to that.”

Annette meanwhile says that “Out of respect, I want to stand up for our family and protect them.”

Notice the lack of denial about his stepping out or her accusations to him about it.  So are they actually together and working out their problems, or are they faking it for NBC and Matt’s reputation?

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