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Aristus

(72,671 posts)
8. Me either.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:12 PM
15 hrs ago

He just dropped off my radar. I stopped watching the Today Show decades ago. When Ann Curry left, and Matt Lauer turned out to be creepy asshole, I tuned out.

It helped that my medical career demanded long hours starting early in the morning.

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