Matt Lauer Roast Video

Posted on October 27, 2008

Tom Cruise joined the fun at Matt Lauer’s Friar’s Club Roast. You can see the video of Matt Lauer’s roast below.

Click Thumbnails for Larger Pictures

Tom Cruise got in some digs at Matt Lauer on Friday. This time it seemed to be all in good fun. Tom Cruise was a surprise guest at Lauer’s Friar’s Club roast.

Three years ago, Cruise had given Lauer trouble on a “Today” show interview for suggesting that psychiatric treatment might help some patients. And that same year Tom Cruise acted a little freaky by jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show couch, excited about falling in love with Katie Holmes.

At Friday’s roast, Cruise joked that Lauer had given him some advice before his interview with Winfrey: “Go crazy. Trust me. Trust me. People will love you for it.” Cruise made for the exit shortly after his speech. So, Lauer called after him with: “Tom, can you stay? I’ll get a booster seat.”

Others who took verbal shots at Lauer included Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Richard Belzer, Martha Stewart and Meredith Vieira.

Entertainment Weekly reported:-

Today show co-anchor Matt Lauer was the man of (dis)honor today at the Friars Club annual celebrity roast in New York City. I’d never been to a roast before, but I’m guessing Aretha Franklin doesn’t sit down at a piano to sing the National Anthem for everyone. Nor does Tom Cruise make a surprise appearance to join Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira, Brian Williams, Martha Stewart, and NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker in skewering them Reporters weren’t allowed to record the three-hour affair, which also featured the filthy stylings of Jeffrey Ross, Bob Saget, Richard Belzer, and Gilbert Gottfried, among others. But after the jump, my notes. Parental guidance is suggested. Abe Vigoda jokes kill. When Stewie Stone introduced the dais, he had a special announcement for those of us seated in the back of the New York Hilton ballroom, who might have a hard time seeing Vigoda. “Nine o’clock this evening, there’ll be a second viewing.” After video messages from two of Lauer’s friends who couldn’t make the event — Howie Mandel and Ryan Seacrest — out walked Tom Cruise. Cruise began by saying that as an actor and not a comedian, he was reluctant to join the festivities. But he heard Gilbert Gottfried would be there, and he wanted to meet him. (”Tom Cruise. Cruise. C-r-u-i-s-e.”) Though he knew we’d find it hard to believe that he and Matt are friends after their “little thing,” Cruise insisted he’s the one person who knows where Lauer is when he goes on his annual “Where in the world is Matt Lauer?” trip. They love to spend time together, you see. (Cut to photoshopped pictures of them barbecuing, jet-skiing, and prank-calling Willard Scott.) Cruise will phone Lauer to see what he’s watching on TV, and they’ll sit in silence to enjoy it together. And he’ll also ask Lauer for advice. In fact, Cruise said, it was Lauer who told him that he should talk about his love for Katie Holmes instead of War of the Worlds on Oprah. “Tom, don’t be glib….It’s inspiring….Trust me, people will love you for it.” Lauer is full of terrific advice like that, Cruise argued: He’s the one who told “Zucky” that he should cut Jay Leno loose before he started slipping. (”Trust me, people will love you for it.”) He’s also apparently the one who told O.J. Simpson that if someone has your s—, you don’t act like a pussy, you go get it. (”Trust me, Juice, people will love you for it.”) After revealing that Katie Couric asked Lauer if she should leave the Today show, and admiring Lauer’s ability to do the same thing every day (interviewing the car from Knight Rider, making five-minute radish puffs with Rachael Ray, and waiting for viewers, or execs, to decide that he’s too bald), Cruise signed off by saying that he couldn’t believe he flew all the way here for someone who’s neither the most interesting nor the smartest person on TV. “Lose my number, you glib putz. Cruise out.” Lauer, however, had the last laugh, yelling, “Can you stay?” to Cruise as he exited the stage. “We can get a booster seat!” Al Roker, the roastmaster emcee, chimed in something about Cruise not being able to stay because his spaceship was about to leave. GAME ON!

Check out the video of Matt Lauer’s roast below: