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TODAY’S star host Matt Lauer and bubbly weather jockey Al Roker act like great buddies on camera, but behind the scenes their relationship is riddled with bitterness and hard feelings, sources say!
Bad blood began flowing after Matt, now 59, was hired to work with Al, 62, for WNBC in New York in the early 1990s and he says, “Roker said something to me that I did not appreciate, live on television.”
Matt had mispronounced Al’s name and the wisecracking forecaster shot back — “Wow, not so easy in the big leagues, is it, pretty boy?”
That was the first of many digs by Al over the years “thin-skinned” Matt couldn’t handle, insiders add.
“Al is paid to not only be the weatherman, but to…
