AsMatt Lauercelebrates his 61st birthday a little over a year after being fired from NBC foralleged sexual misconduct, he continues to live a quiet life away from the spotlight.
A source recently told PEOPLE the disgraced news anchor has struggled to come to terms with his new normal.
“It has been hard for him. He went from being a super busy person to having nothing but time on his hands,” said the source. “He is not doing well.”
The longtime news anchor, who wasfired from theTodayshowin November 2017, “is not thinking about working again right now.”
“He doesn’t sit around thinking about a comeback,” added a second source.
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Instead, Lauer is focusing all his attention at home — with his children.
As Lauer and hisestranged wife Annette Roquecontinue working out the terms oftheir divorce, the former couple is still living together at their Hamptons compound with sons Jack, 17, and Thijs, 11, and daughter Romy, 14.
“All he wants is to be involved in his kid’s lives,” said the second source. “He spends his days doing as much kids stuff as he can.”
And while Lauer is mainly staying home and keeping a low profile, he still makes time to socialize with friends.
“He is not dating,” added the second source. “Some former colleagues have visited him. He has some long-term friends he sees and hangs out with on a regular basis.”
Lauer’s lawyer did not return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
In the first paragraphs of the report, the investigation team states that Lauer “admitted to engaging in sexual activity” with theanonymous womanwhose allegations prompted his firing.
Lauer has also admitted to — andapologizedfor — seeing NBC staffers romantically during his tenure at the network.
“But defending my family now requires me to speak up. I fully acknowledge that I acted inappropriately as a husband, father and principal at NBC. However I want to make it perfectly clear that any allegations or reports of coercive, aggressive or abusive actions on my part, at any time, are absolutely false,” he concluded.
source: people.com
