Damage Control: Leaked Emails About Matt Lauer Reveal How NBC Hushed Up Kathie Lee's 'He's No Monster' Remark
April 29 2013, Published 10:01 a.m. ET
Sagging ratings and bad press can't force TODAY show co-host Matt Lauer to sail quietly into the sunset.
As leaked emails reveal how NBC officials attempted to hush up Kathie Lee Gifford's "He's no monster" remark about her TODAY show colleague, Lauer was spotted taking his new aptly-named yacht Resilient for a sail in the Hamptons over the weekend.
Accompanied by two instructors, Lauer was seen cruising along Sag Harbor Bay in his expensive new boat -- a luxury Hinckley T38, which retails at $1.4 million, without any extras, according to the NY Daily News.
Lauer appeared to be sending a message with the jet-powered cruiser's moniker in the face of a public backlash following the public ousting of his former co-host Ann Curry last summer.
The boating expedition comes as a series of leaked emails reveal how NBC tried to sile