Matt Lauer’s Mom Says His Parents’ Divorce ‘Changed Everything’

Matt Lauer was never the marrying kind, with the sex-crazed star even cheating on second wife Annette Roque before their wedding — and his mother blames her own divorce!

Marilyn spoke out shortly after Matt married Annette in 1998 — little knowing that the "Today" host's betrayed new bride would later learn that he had an affair with a married woman while they were engaged. At the time, Marilyn was bemoaning that Lauer had left his first wife shortly after his mom and stepfather decided to split!

"Everything changed for Matt," said Marilyn. "He no longer believed in anything." Lauer had been married to his first wife Nancy for six years when he learned in 1988 that Marilyn had been ditched for a younger woman. Within months, the future TV star had split from Nancy in a bitter divorce that even had them fighting over custody of their dog.

Annette's father now says that his daughter and Lauer are heading for a $60 million divorce — with the former "Today" host caught in multiple allegations of sick sexual harassment, plus affairs on the set of "Today." Matt never held a grudge against Marilyn, though. He told Men's Health in 2017: "My mother is a strong woman, eager to stand up for herself and her family!"