And while Lauer has never taken the blame, partial or otherwise for Curry’s firing, both Vulture and New York Magazine did in-depth features that portrayed Lauer as one of the puppeteers behind his co-host’s dismissal.

Eight years later, in a 2020 interview with Elle, Curry admitted that her departure from Today “still hurts.”

“I still don’t really understand,” she said about her firing, adding, “I know I did nothing wrong. I know I was good at my job.”

Curry’s departure has also led to discussions about racism, as she was one of the most prominent Asian-American journalists on the national stage.

Megan Kelly, 53, joined NBC in 2017 after over a decade-long tenure on Fox News.

Her daytime talk show Megyn Kelly Today, which premiered In September 2017, replaced Today’s Take, hosted by Tamron Hall and Al Roker, as the third hour of NBC’s national morning show Today.

A year after her show’s premiere, during the October 23, 2018 episode, Kelly participated in a panel discussion on the appropriateness of blackface in Halloween costumes.

Blackface is defined as dark makeup worn to mimic the appearance of a Black person and especially to mock or ridicule Black people, according to Merriam-Webster.

The origins of blackface date back to the minstrel shows of the mid-19th century where white performers darkened their skin with polish and cork, put on tattered clothing, and exaggerated their features to look stereotypically “Black,” per CNN.

During the segment, Kelly recalled, “When I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up as like a character,” adding, “Luann de Lesseps wants to look like Diana Ross for one day, and I don’t know how that got racist on Halloween.”

The Real Housewives of New York City alum Luann de Lesseps, 59, used skin-darkening spray the year prior when dressing up as Diana Ross for Halloween.

Kelly was immediately met with criticism for on-air remarks about blackface and after receiving backlash for her comments, the TV journalist issued an internal email apologizing for her seeming defense of the practice the same day.

Three days later, on October 26, 2018, NBC canceled Megyn Kelly Today.

Her employment was officially terminated on January 11, 2019, and she was paid the $30 million due for the remainder of her contract.

Starting in 1994, Matt Lauer worked as a news anchor on Today before making the move from the news desk to the host’s chair in 1997.

He then served as the co-host of Today from 1997 to 2017.

While working at NBC, Lauer hosted the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade coverage and co-hosted the opening ceremonies of several Olympic Games.

In November 2017, Lauer’s contract was terminated by the network after NBC received “a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.”

NBC had “reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”

On November 29, 2017, NBC News announced that Lauer’s employment had been terminated after an unidentified female NBC employee reported that Lauer had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and that the harassment continued after they returned to New York.

Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News, sent a memorandum to his staff that said, in part, “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer.

“While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”

Lauer’s last day on air was November 28, 2017.

Meteorologist Rob Marciano, 56, was employed by ABC News from August 2014 until April 2024.

The former Entertainment Tonight co-anchor provided forecasts for the weekend editions of Good Morning America after Ginger Zee, 43, was chosen to succeed Sam Champion as the weather person on the daily editions of GMA.

Marciano had a history of “anger management issues” and alleged “inappropriate behaviors” and was fired from ABC News on April 30, 2024.

The TV personality’s “heated screaming match” with a GMA producer was reportedly the “last straw” at the network, per the Daily Beast.

Reportedly, Zee brought the word of the alleged outburst to the attention of ABC’s higher-ups.

An insider told Page Six that Zee “encouraged the producer to talk to management” and “followed up” to make sure Marciano was held accountable for his questionable workplace behavior.

In addition to his ongoing reported anger management issues, Marciano tended to overshare information about his divorce with female staffers, making them uncomfortable.

The journalist split from his wife, Eryn Marciano, in 2021 – they finalized their divorce in 2023.

AMY ROBACH & TJ HOLMES

Amy Robach and TJ Holmes were fired from GMA3: What You Need To Know by ABC after the co-hosts’ affair was made public in November 2022.

Robach, 51, worked as the co-anchor of 20/20 and as a fill-in anchor for Good Morning America.

She became the host of Pandemic: What You Need to Know – which was created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and would later become GMA3: What You Need to Know.

Robach co-hosted GMA3 from September 2020 to December 2022.

From September 2014 to January 2023, TJ Holmes, 47, was employed by ABC News as a correspondent and anchor.

On September 21, 2020, the former CNN reporter joined GMA3 as co-anchor.

In the months following the news of Robach and Holmes’ affair, ABC deliberated on how to handle the scandal, as the daytime TV anchors were still married to other people when their relationship began.

Robach was married to actor Andrew Shue when the news of her romance leaked to the public while Holmes was still hitched to Marilee Fiebig.