Revelation of disgraced matt lauer s secret door button raises eyebrow amid new rape allegations which lauer says are untrue the former anchor decided to speak out in an open letter obtained by.
Matt lauer door lock button.
This is the creepy reason matt lauer had a secret button under his desk on wednesday morning news emerged that longtime today show host matt lauer had been fired from nbc for sexual impropriety.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up according to a variety story published wednesday only.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
The button located under the executive producer s desk would cause the door to the cavernous office to swing shut and click closed.
The news came as a shock to lauer s colleagues who were only informed about the decision mere moments before they went on air.
The secret button that matt lauer allegedly used to lock his door inside nbc s rockefeller center headquarters was not a unique security feature a source at the show tells people.
Nbc released the results of its internal investigation into lauer in may 2018 which said there s a button common in executive offices in multiple nbcuniversal facilities to provide an efficient way to close the door without getting up from the desk the button nbc continued releases a magnet that holds the door open.
A few things about that button on matt lauer s desk.
Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office door.
The mechanism was actually a door opener a remote controlled.