Following Ann Curry Scandal Matt Lauer Buys $1.4 Million Yacht and Names it ‘Resilient’

By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

It's no secret that Matt Lauer has had an incredibly difficult year. The "Today" co-anchor was deemed responsible in the media for his former co-host Ann Curry's incredibly controversial departure from the show. Numerous reports labeled him as beyond difficult, cold, and essentially a 55-year-old male diva. So, as anyone with a $25 million annual contract would do, Lauer has decided he needed something to help him relax at this $15 million Hamptons mansion-and therefore bought a $1.4 million Hinckley T38 yacht.

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The brand new yacht is named "Resilient"-and frankly, given the public beating he's taken recently, we can only assume it's a way of keeping his confidence high. It could also refer to his marriage with model Annette Roque (the duo have had ups and downs over the years, with a divorce petition filed-but removed-back in 2006).

Lauer's house is quite the luxurious pile of bricks, with a $3.5 million parcel located next to the main grounds that the couple are currently turning into a horse farm-complete with 36 horse stalls, a riding arena, and a large pond. It will include an indoor arena was well when it's officially done.

Clearly, even if the public seems to bitterly hate him, Lauer's having the last laugh-or at least he's laughing all the way to the bank.

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