(10-26-2018, 09:14 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Well, that one didn't last long. Not sure why she thought these loons would accept her in the first place. At least she will get a nice settlement out of it. Not bad for a years work.

Anyone who didn't see this coming a mile away is blind. She doesn't play well to NBC's audience in the first place, she had an unreasonably massive contract and her ratings were so bad that most affiliates would have been better off running infomercials than her hour of Today. This was just the convenient excuse NBC needed. That's not to say that I would condone the comment she made at all, but it falls under the superstar theory. If she's pulling in ratings and advertiser dollars hand over foot, she gets suspended for a week then comes back with a tearful apology and a promise never to do it again. Because she's an albatross around NBC's necks, they took the opportunity to make an example of her and rid themselves of a healthy chunk of her salary in the process.

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