Lauer, Cooper, Corning, and Williams Top the List – A Few of Which are Reportedly GayWhile watching a rerun of a South Park episode, I laughed out loud when the girls from the 4th grade class began to giggle and coo about their collective crush on Matt Lauer, handsome host of the Today show. This name drop, coupled with
ongoing chat room discussions of Ron Corning and entire fan pages devoted to Anderson Cooper, reminded me that male TV news personalities remain figures of admiration for more than just their on-camera news abilities. With sexual attractiveness in mind, I started thinking about the “Hot Men of TV News” and even informally polled some friends to get their opinions. Here are just a few of the apparent hot men of TV news. I’ve included a handful of anchors, hosts, and reporters from CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS – men whose names came up over and over.Matt Lauer (NBC)Since 1997, Matt Lauer has been the co-host of NBC’s morning news and talk show, Today. Born in New York City in 1957, Matt has come a long way since working as a news producer in West Virginia after he left Ohio University in 1979. Climbing his way up the ranks, Matt eventually landed his spotlight role with NBC and is now famous for bearing the brunt of Tom Cruise’s ire during a 2005 interview when the touchy subject of psychiatry came up. Of course, Matt presents serious world news alongside human interest pieces, and as one of the hot men of TV news, he remains especially popular among American housewives. In fact, shortly after his debut on the Today show, People magazine named him among the most beautiful people in the world. His down-to-earth, semi-rugged charms mix with his New York sophistication to make his buzzed head and bright grin the object of much fantasy.
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