Matt Lauer Marriage Question by Meredith Vieira

Posted on: November 10th, 2008 by: Meg0 comments

It started like any other Monday morning on The Today Show. Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer started an innocent enough story intro about the right age to get married. Matt asked the question and Meredith responded that she had tied the knot when she was in her 30’s. Without missing a beat she turned the question on her co-host and asked, “When did you get married?”

Matt was left stammering and not willing or able to bluff his way through. His first marriage to television producer Nancy Alspaugh spanned 1982-1989. That would have made Lauer 25 when he first married. Matt went on to marry his current wife Annette Roque in 1998. That union has gone through a very rocky patch with divorce proceedings initiated. The couple have since reconciled and are raising three young children, Jack, Romy and Thijs.

Back to Meredith. After she left Lauer speechless she couldn’t leave it alone. Someone off camera was heard to say, “Nice!” She said, “Anyway, I’m sorry. Oh geez…” Her parting comment before break was, “I don’t think I’m going to be the one to live happily ever after, after this show!”

As one of our readers pointed out, Matt brought up the subject so he really brought on the reflex question by his co-host. Meredith simply prolonged his momentary discomfort by carrying on – as she has been known to do on numerous occasions.

Check out photos of his wives in our gallery below as well as the Today Show video below.