Star Reporter Brian Stelter Got An Amazing Story By Eavesdropping On Matt Lauer And Meredith Vieira At Lunch
Earlier this month, Lauer sought advice from his former co-host Meredith Vieira. On April 3 they met for lunch around noon at Park Avenue Spring, an upscale restaurant on East 63rd Street. They swapped stories about their children and then, according to another diner, talked about work in hushed tones. Vieira urged Lauer to tough it out, promising that the bad press would subside. Dessert arrived at the table by 1 p.m., but they lingered until 1:40, bantering the way they used to on television. Lauer held the door for her as they walked outside, and she embraced him, rubbing his back reassuringly and saying in his ear, “It’ll be O. K.”
Stelter took to Twitter to reveal how he knew about the lunch—he eavesdropped on the two after being tipped.Later that day, NBC confirmed Jimmy Fallon would take over "The Tongiht Show."
New York Magazine's Kevin Roose asked Stelter how the two didn't notice a New York Times reporter near them. He says he sat at a bar.
He even shared what he ate.
How it's done.