Did affairs during the Olympics break-up Matt Lauer’s six-year marriage?

(HMG) – Matt Lauer and his wife of 12 years, Annette Lauer, have reportedly split up, and the rumor is there was some infidelity involved (again).   According to a Today show insider via Radaronline, the couple has been living apart for two months, amid new accusations of cheating leveled at the father of three young children by his Dutch-born model wife Annette.  According to the National Enquirer, Annette accused Lauer of cheating during the Today Show’s on-site coverage of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Colombia, which occurred between February 9th – 26th.

This isn’t the first time Lauer his wife has accused him of cheating, two years after their 1998 wedding, Annette reportedly discovered Matt had carried on a secret affair with a married woman just months before their wedding!  In 2006, while pregnant with their their third child, Annette filed for divorce, feeling she could no longer trust her husband, but subsequently withdrew the divorce petition after one month.

This time around, suspicions were first sparked when Matt stood Annette up for Valentine’s Day, choosing instead to stay in Vancouver, where a source says the newsman was having his own Olympics, often spotted boozing and flirting with women – in particular two pretty Canadian broadcasters.  To add fuel to the fire at the end of the Olympics, Matt decided to stay behind in Canada after the Today Show crew returned to New York. Annette, reportedly was informed of her husband’s flirting by the wife of another staffer, got the names of the two female broadcasters he was spotted getting especially cozy with, and confronted Lauer upon his return home.  Lauer denied all accusations, insisting the women were just friends, but after two non-stop days of reported fighting finally moved out and got his own place.