There was only NBC, and Matt Lauer was ‘Today’s’ longest-serving anchor with the biggest contract in the 60-year history of morning television, worth a reported $25 million a year. She writes that Lauer emailed her after saying something along the lines of: “You don’t call, you don’t write — my feelings are hurt! It was vodka, handed to me with a grin,” Nevils writes. Nevils filed a complaint to NBC in November 2017 accusing Lauer of sexual misconduct. When Lauer originally responded to Nevils’ rape accusation with the open letter, he denied any wrongdoing but admited to having an extramarital affair with Nevils.