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Matt Lauer has been rocketing between “blissful arrogance” and “utter despair” since first learning that a new bombshell book containing explosive allegations he raped a former Today staffer was set to be released, Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal.

As Breaking Celebrity News reported, Variety published excerpts of an interview Ronan Farrow — author of the upcoming expose Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators — conducted with Brooke Nevils.

In 31-year-old Farrow’s interview with ex-NBC employee Nevils, she claimed Lauer, 61, lured her into his hotel suite during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, after she was drunk off six shots of vodka. He then, she alleged, anally raped her as she objected and cried.

According to an insider, Nevils’ claims didn’t come as a surprise to Lauer.

"He wasn’t blindsided,” the insider told Breaking Celebrity News, noting, “Matt hasn’t been himself for six months, but he goes through waves of blissful arrogance and utter despair.”

NBC canned Lauer in the fall of 2017 after allegations of sexual misconduct first arose.

The disgraced anchor has struggled in his efforts to make a comeback ever since.

"All of Matt’s leads for new jobs have gone up in smoke,” the insider revealed, adding that Lauer’s reputation has taken such a hit since the scandal first broke that “he can hardly get a table at his favorite restaurants in Manhattan anymore.”

And Lauer’s former Today colleagues aren’t exactly rushing to his defense now that Today has again been thrown into “crisis mode at the top,” a source told Breaking Celebrity News.

Savannah Guthrie “has been the loudest voice in the room in regards to how she wants to cover the story,” noted the source. “She was pushing the bosses to let her do it.”

After Today ran a segment on Wednesday, Oct. 9, covering Nevils’ allegations, Guthrie, 47, called the story “shocking and appalling.”

“It’s just very painful for all of us at NBC and who are at the Today Show,” Guthrie said, adding she and her colleagues fully support Nevils.

Hoda Kotb, 55, also revealed the depth of her shock as she processes the “horrific” allegations of a possible crime, noting: “You feel like you know someone inside and out, and then all of a sudden a door opens up and there’s a part of them you didn’t know.”