Sarah Palin was on The Today Show yesterday with secretly-roasted Matt Lauer to discuss how annoying it was that Katie Couric asked her about what newspapers she read in Alaska:
To me that was a little bit annoying. Because I'm like, what do you mean, what do I read in Alaska? I read the same things that you guys read in New York. And there in LA and in Washington state. What do you mean what I read up there? But anyway, just– just some annoyance, that certainly I'm sure showed through. And, you know, perhaps that annoyance that showed through would have led some to be annoyed with me watching the interview.
Except, erm, hate to stop ya there Sarah, but we have this thing called YouTube now, and you can see for yourself that's not the question the Couric asked you.
The Today Show stars Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry and Al Roker celebrated Halloween — and likely frightened small children — during this morning's broadcast.
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CRUISE TO HELP ROAST 'GLIB' LAUER "In June 2005, Today Show anchor Matt Lauer took Tom Cruise to task on live TV for the actor's controversial, anti-psychiatry, pro-Scientology beliefs, and in the process created one of the most memorable interviews in the long history of the morning chatfest. And now … the Oscar nominee may be getting his revenge by making a surprise appearance at today's Friars Club roast for the NBC star! While the Friars Club's official line is that Tom isn't scheduled to be part of the Matt-mocking, insiders continue to tell OK! that a super-surprise appearance by Mr. Katie Holmes is indeed in the works, and that it has been planned for weeks."
Click through for video for video of the infamous showdown, dear glib readers.
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To be fair, when Matt Lauer had Robert Kennedy Jr. on his show to talk about the "Democratic activist's" new children's book, he probably thought it was going to be a breeze. But if there is one thing they teach you in Morning Show Journalism 101, it's that you never ask a Kennedy how a family member is doing. Because then you end up stuck in that uncomfortable position as The Soup's best clip of last week:
There are so many things wrong with this clip of Matt Lauer and Al Roker's rhythmic gymnastics routine from The Today Show that we don't even know where to begin. The two pranced around in spandex to "Dream Weaver," and the only entertaining part occurred when the other countries' competitors watched from the stands in horror. Go team!
Michael Phelps made history last night by winning his 10th and 11th career Olympic gold medals — and breaking world records along the way. Sure, you can call him a butterface, but the man is a machine and is doing things no other Olympic athlete has done before. And his attitude is still pretty impressive, as evidenced by his interview with the lovely Matt Lauer right before the games began.
• Because, obviously, a $15,000 baby carriage covered in diamonds and precious metals would not be "retarded." Thanks, Kanye. [Jossip]
• Matt Lauer and Jessica Alba fight talk to the death. [EBG]
• They're still drinking iced coffees in LA. Sissies. [PS]
• It's called the Boyzilian because even though the people who do it have pubes, they're still not men. [DListed]
• Wanna know which people some people think were the worst dressed at the SAG Awards? No? Well, the option's there. [Yeeeah]
• Do they call her Tequila because she makes almost everyone sick? [HT]
• Thank goodness today's children are learning to excel at playing cover songs on toy guitars. Real guitars are too…real. [INO]
• Dr Drew sets everyone straight. [ICYDK]
Self-loathing, gay Idaho Senator Larry Craig lied to Matt Lauer and indeed the nation in a recent interview, insisting once again that he is not a gay man nor a bisexual man. His broken wife fervently parroted his deceptions, at one point interrupting Lauer before he had even asked a question to proclaim that her husband's travel on the date in question was nothing out of the ordinary: "Like every weekend. Very routine. That's exactly what happens every week." But, like, duh; of course it happened every week. How else would Larry have gotten the physical releases necessary to not murder his wife and all the forgotten dreams of Broadway glory she represents?
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The incomparable and intrepid Matt Lauer took on Princes William and Harry the other night in an NBC News special. Certainly emboldened by the reports that his approach would prove far more professional than that of the 25-year-old tart given prior access to the brothers, Lauer delved deep, asking (and I'm paraphrasing only slightly), "How does it feel to be more famous than Michael Jordan?" and "Is it tough to make true bros?" Wonderful! Don't anyone ever again say that blogs don't matter when this is what passes for serious news. Unless you're from Al Jazeera.
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• Someone deserves a cinemetography nomination. [BWE]
• Matt Lauer's new son is named Tjis. I have a special place in my heart for arbitrary silent Js. [Celebitchy]
• Snoop Dog was barely able to squeeze another arrest into the month of November, but he succeeded. Bravo [DListed]
• So what you're saying is that Owen Wilson is proposing to his mom? Sick. [I'm Not Obsessed]
• Speaking of which, here's what some Wilson/Hudson spawn might look like. [CityRag]
• Kid Rock doesn't hate Pam Anderson, just watching her kids. No, not those kids. [PopSugar]
• Paris Hilton knows how to use anything inside a Kinko's? Likely story. [Egotastic]
• Lohan has some memory loss issues [A Socialite's Life]
• Guess which A-lister this is? Nope wrong. Guess again but imagine her reeeallly reallly thin. [ONTD]
• Nick and Vanessa, dress for comfort while travelling, juse like US! [Splash]
• Here's the deal, James Blunt. You get to shoot rocks at your fans with your little rock gun if the rest of us get to shoot rocks at you anytime we hear that f-ing song. [A Socialite's Life]
• Were Matt and Jake just hanging out with Lance to vie for the role of playing the biker in a biopic? My fragile heart can't take such sorrow. [DListed]
• Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn's video acceptance speech for best on screen chemistry is actually pretty adorable. [WoW]
• Rosie O'Donnell writes like a barely literate middle schooler texts. She should fit right in at the View. [Junkiness]
• Sure, we've all seen the photos of Matt Lauer ripped, but check out these Al Roker shots. [Velvet Hot Tub]
• If this Celebrity Weighing Scale actually had today's celebrities it would be the most demoralizing thing ever. [Cool Hunting]
• Just to brighten your Tuesday: 10,000 reasons why our civilization is doomed. [BWE]
• We all learned a little bit about the history of psychiatry, and that Tom Cruise is a complete loon, during his interview with Matt Lauer. [Gawker]
• Jennifer Garner really was pregnant, not just emulating her boyfriend Ben Affleck's body type. [PITNB]
• Angelina's new baby girl! I know it feels like we've had Shiloh forever, but I'm talking about Zahara who, as you can see from this picture, showed an early interest in politics. [PopSugar]
• Lindsay Lohan turned 19, but her recently waif-isized body didn't look a day over 12-year-old boy. [A Socialite's Life]
• Paris Hilton was the picture of a lady as usual, while atop Paris Lastis in St Tropez. [PopSugar]
Apparently catty bloggers weren't the only people who thought that Britney Spears' interview with Matt Lauer last week was a complete trainwreck. Much as everyone suspected, her publisicts were mysteriously absent at the interview, leaving Britney to her own devices. She looked like a lost, disshevled puppy. Or a blind toddler who somehow managed to dress herself. Page Six has this story:
"Dateline" staffers were shocked when they showed up with Matt Lauer to interview Spears last week and found the pop star alone in her Malibu manse. "Neither of her publicists, Leslie Sloane Zelnick or Nanci Ryder, showed up," said our source. Spears insisted on doing her own hair and makeup - a regrettable decision. Web sites derided her hair as a "rat's nest" and, when she started crying during the interview, one of her fake eyelashes fell off. "When [the NBC crew] got there, they thought they had the wrong day . . . During the interview, no one was there to rein things in," we're told. … Reps tried to control the damage on Friday. "They asked NBC not to release footage to places like E!," said a source. Asked why Spears was on her own for the interview, Sloane Zelnick said, "Britney is a grown-up and makes her own decisions."
She may make her own decisions, but if this is what we get when someone lets her, I'm reluctant to call Britney a "grown-up" at all. This is a testament to how depressing the entire Britney Spears phenomenon is–she is just a child in an adult's body, as she has been since she was 16-years-old. God, no one should have let her breed.
Keep reading for the (fairly dim) silver lining.
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Sean Preston Spears-Federline is ready to get the f out of his crazy family. The precocious little munchkin is learning to walk, and though he can't toddle without the help of mom yet, he's still running for the door. Watch this video, you'll see what I mean.
Last night Britney Spears blabbered her way through an hour long interview with Matt Lauer. There's nothing all that interesting to note about the interview, other than her rampant misuse of air quotes. She was impressively able to to get away with saying nothing at all the entire time. You can read a partial transcript here but it might hurt your head
Dumbest. Interview. Ever.
Say what you want about this clearing the air about Britney Spears' marital troubles with Kevin Federline, but she doesn't really say that the rumors, other than the one about his living in the basement, are false. I'm not ready to give up on this divorce just yet.
Against my better judgement, I guess I'll just have to tune into the full Dateline piece tonight. Watching Britney blubber (and, fingers crossed, start hysterically laughing seconds later) should be epic drinking game fodder.
Lucky for Britney Spears, she was still wearing the smudges of last night's make-up, so there was no need to re-apply before sitting down for an interview with Matt Lauer.
The interview doesn't air until Thursday's Today Show, but she took the opportunity to clear the air on some of her most recent gossip-rag fodder:
Britney Spears says her marriage to Kevin Federline is "awesome," and scrutiny from the paparazzi has made her an "emotional wreck."
Say what you want, Britney, but Nick and Jessica were singing their own praises up until the day they split. This "awsome" nonsense is clearly just that.
The paparazzi have "crossed the line a little bit" by showing her in private moments, she added. She also defended her parenting skills, saying, "I know I'm a good mom."
She drew criticism earlier this year when she was photographed with her infant son, Sean, sitting on her lap as she drove. She cautions against judging her.
"I did it with my dad. I'd sit on his lap and I drive," the Louisiana native said. "We're country."
Yes, I'm sure someday Sean Preston will look back on his first driving lesson with that same attitude. Also, way to throw out this "we're country" bullshit. That's an insult to non-metropolitan dwelling people everywhere. There's no need for her to bring an entire geographical designation into her special Britney Spears brand of mess.
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