Matt Lauer Returns To His Love Boat

Matt Lauer is determined to rebuild his life after being fired from “Today” over a series of sex scandals — and he’s still proudly boating in the same vessel where The National ENQUIRER caught him with a woman who wasn’t his wife! The disgraced newsman spent Labor Day taking “Resilient” out into the waters of the Hamptons, where he’s been planning a comeback after multiple accusations of sexual harassment. Four summers earlier, exclusive photos showed Lauer cruising around in the same boat with a mystery blonde. An eyewitness told The ENQUIRER that Matt and the woman “acted suspicious” after they noticed a photographer snapping their picture on July 8, 2014. “If they didn’t have anything to hide, then why did the girl duck and try to cover her head to avoid being photographed?” said the eyewitness.

Matt Lauer Returns To His Love Boat

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"Matt also acted like he'd been busted," the insider continued. "After spotting the photographer, he quickly pulled his boat up to the dock — and dropped the lady off before gunning the boat back out onto the water!" The eyewitness said Matt's boat ride with the woman lasted about 20 minutes, and described the gal pal as a "smoking hot blonde who didn't appear to be much older than 30, but could have been as young as 25."

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To make the incident more mysterious, the TV journalist later returned to the dock in his 37-foot Hinckley and met up with his wife Annette at the boat slip in the Mill Creek Marina in the village of Sag Harbor. "There was no warm greeting between Matt and Annette," the eyewitness revealed. "No hugging or kissing or any other public display of affection...Captain Matt hopped on his moped scooter, while Annette drove her group away in her car."

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As earlier reported by The ENQUIRER, insiders would later reveal that Lauer's marriage was already under major strain at the time, with Annette having dealt with years of alleged affairs. Just two years after their 1998 wedding, Annette learned that Matt had an affair with married 26-year-old Jessica Thorman while they were engaged.

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The humiliated wife had to deal with rumors of Lauer's bad behavior with coworkers and several other women after dropping a planned divorce suit in 1996. A friend of Lauer's, however, told The ENQUIRER that the photographer in June 2014 had caught Matt on an innocent boating run, adding: "Matt was on vacation with his family all last week. That's a longtime family friend."

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"Matt also acted like he'd been busted," the insider continued. "After spotting the photographer, he quickly pulled his boat up to the dock — and dropped the lady off before gunning the boat back out onto the water!" The eyewitness said Matt's boat ride with the woman lasted about 20 minutes, and described the gal pal as a "smoking hot blonde who didn't appear to be much older than 30, but could have been as young as 25."

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To make the incident more mysterious, the TV journalist later returned to the dock in his 37-foot Hinckley and met up with his wife Annette at the boat slip in the Mill Creek Marina in the village of Sag Harbor. "There was no warm greeting between Matt and Annette," the eyewitness revealed. "No hugging or kissing or any other public display of affection...Captain Matt hopped on his moped scooter, while Annette drove her group away in her car."

Photo credit: InStar

As earlier reported by The ENQUIRER, insiders would later reveal that Lauer's marriage was already under major strain at the time, with Annette having dealt with years of alleged affairs. Just two years after their 1998 wedding, Annette learned that Matt had an affair with married 26-year-old Jessica Thorman while they were engaged.

Photo credit: InStar

The humiliated wife had to deal with rumors of Lauer's bad behavior with coworkers and several other women after dropping a planned divorce suit in 1996. A friend of Lauer's, however, told The ENQUIRER that the photographer in June 2014 had caught Matt on an innocent boating run, adding: "Matt was on vacation with his family all last week. That's a longtime family friend."

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