Matt Lauer Hits Deer on Bike

Matt Lauer was absent from the Today Show this morning after being involved in a bicycle accident.

Co-host Meredith Vieira made light of the injury saying that Lauer thought the deer had been hired by the competition. She then joked that she was actually the one who hired the deer, telling it to “just graze him”.

Today executive producer Jim Bell described the accident, “Matt was cycling on Long Island and was going pretty fast downhill. A deer kind of came out of nowhere and in an effort to avoid hitting the deer, Matt slammed on the brakes and went flying. He separated his shoulder.”

Lauer, 51, was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

[NYDN]

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