Seth Meyers did not hold back in slamming former NBC colleague Matt Lauer

The Daily Beast

While fellow NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon told “one measly joke” in response to Lauer's firing, Meyers — whose response to Lauer’s firing was delayed because Wednesday’s Late Night was pretaped — “came back with a vengeance on Thursday,” says Matt Wilstein. Last night's “A Closer Look” segment went into detail on the “disturbing” allegations against the former Today star, including the “F, Marry, Kill” game and the dildo he brought to work. “I don’t know who you said you’d marry in those situations, but I do know that you killed your career and f*cked yourself,” said Meyers. The Late Night host also highlighted what was considered Lauer's preferential treatment for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton at last year’s Commander-in-Chief forum. Meyers also showed a clip of Lauer interviewing another accused sexual harasser, Bill O’Reilly, just a few months ago. “Wow, he was talking to Bill O’Reilly, but he just as easily could have been talking to a mirror,” Meyers said.

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