By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Ouch, that was uncomfortable!

The TODAY show had an awkward, "Did he really say that?" moment on Thursday morning when Al Roker appeared to take a jab at Matt Lauer for his role in the ousting of former co-host Ann Curry.

The uncomfortable segment occurred when the co-anchors were interviewing the US women's Olympic rowing team about how they celebrated their gold medial victory.

"The ladies threw you in the water after winning the gold?" Lauer asked team member and California-native, Mary Whipple. "The tradition here in New York is you thrown her in the Hudson River."

As the longtime host said his goodbyes to the Olympians, Roker cheekily quipped, "Which is different to our tradition here which is to throw one of us under the bus! But that's a different story…"

After a second of stunned silence -- and nervous laughter -- both Lauer and Curry's replacement, Savannah Guthrie, said with a sarcastic tone, "Mr. Roker!"

The sly dig comes just a week after Ann practically stonewalled Lauer and his awkward attempts at small talk in her very first appearance on the TODAY show in London since she was replaced with Savannah earlier this summer.

"There is definitely no love lost between Ann and Matt," a source close to the situation tells Breaking Celebrity News. "Ann feels Matt threw her under the bus and that he did nothing to stop