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Matt Lauer went to war with a deer, and it’s still up in the air as to who won. Lauer took the morning off and his Today co-host Meredith Vieria tried to explain what happened. Apparently, Lauer was riding his bicycle this weekend, and there was some sort of altercation with a deer. I had to re-read that twice because I thought it was “motorcycle” not “bicycle”. Who has a bicycle accident with a deer? People has more:
Where in the world was Matt Lauer on Monday? Not on the Today show, due to a weekend incident as he was riding his bicycle, according to his NBC cohort Meredith Vieira.
Lauer encountered a deer while he was on the road, said Vieria, who wasn’t quite clear about whether or not Lauer and the animal smacked into one another. She seemed to doubt it.
Lauer, she informed viewers, “thinks the deer was hired by the competition.” Not true, Vieira insisted. “I hired the deer, but I said, ‘Just graze him.’ ”
[From People Magazine]
If he’s not at work, maybe something really did happen to him. These kind of accidents sometimes can’t be avoided… maybe? Perhaps the deer instigated the situation. I live in a semi-rural area, and trying to avoid deer is a constant headache with night driving. But it doesn’t seem that difficult to avoid deer when you’re mon a bicycle.
Last Friday I came only inches away from hitting a dog. Granted, I was in my car and the dog was an idiot. He ran out into the street when I was just yards away, and then he just stood there watching me skid to a stop. Once I came to a stop, the friggin’ dog didn’t even move! I had to back up and drive around him. It’s not the same as Lauer, but it scared the hell out of me anyway.
Here’s Matt Lauer and his wife, Annette Lauer, at Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World gala, held at Lincoln Center in New York City last May. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .
Written by Kaiser
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LOL Kaiser. Deer are terrible. My mom had a similar experience but with a deer and her car. We were in upstate New York and a deer just hopped out onto the road. She slammed on the brakes, skidded to a stop about 10 feet away from it and it just stared at her. We ended up driving around it while it stood there watching us go by. Stupid deer.
Anyway, I suspect Lauer was on his bike and was trying to avoid the deer when it leaped into his way…or maybe it crashed into him? Who knows…it seems kind of silly.
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i ran over a dog with my bike a while back, so i guess it can happen with a deer. Maybe the deer didn’t hear/saw him and just jumped on the road in front of him making it impossible to avoid him.
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deer are not the smartest animals on the planet & can sure cause alot of damage when they’re run into. hope he’s ok.
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Oh, Dear….
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Okay so Matt hurt his shoulder, but what happened to the DEER?
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That dog was trying to kill you, Kaiser!
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Thanks for the endeering answer to what in the world happened to Matt Lauer; Now for the new question; switching to fashion: what in the world kind of trim is on his wife’s dress? Safety straps? This looks like camera straps or kitty leashes on chiffon or something; radically incongruous.
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