Matt Lauer may no longer be earning up to $25 million a year as the host of the “Today” show. But the disgraced former NBC star can still stay wealthy and comfortable by making a killing in real estate.
Page Six reports that Lauer is looking to sell Strongheart Manor, his Hamptons estate, for $44 million. That’s a considerable increase from the $36 million he and his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Annette Roque, paid for the estate in 2016 when they purchased it from actor Richard Gere.
Lauer is preparing to sell the state following news that he and Roque had finalized their divorce, Page Six reported.
“Drones have been circling the estate from above, and photographers have been circling it from the ground as well” to list the property, a top broker told Page Six.
The once-happy couple have been working on their divorce since shortly after Lauer was fired from the “Today” show in November 2017. Lauer, once NBC’s highest-paid star, was accused by multiple female NBC colleagues of sexual misconduct.
In his disgrace, Lauer had a number of places he could retreat to: his Manhattan apartment, his three properties in the Hamptons or his 16,000-acre ranch in New Zealand.
Variety reported in August that Lauer had sold his Upper East Side apartment, where he reportedly enjoyed a bachelor lifestyle during the week when anchoring the “Today” show while Roque raised their children in the Hamptons. Variety said the apartment sold for above its $7.35 million asking price.
Lauer last addressed the misconducted allegations in April 2018, admitting in a statement to the Washington Post that he had “acted inappropriately.” However, he denied that he ever forced himself on anyone.
