Today's News: Our Take - Report: Comcast Chides Chelsea Handler for Matt Lauer Poop Jokes

###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Chelsea-Handler-Matt-Lauer-1059298.aspx?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))###less###img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/130114/News/5_fri/thumbs/130118handler-lauer1_300x206.jpg" width="300" height="206" alt="Chelsea Handler, Matt Lauer | Photo Credits: E!, Virginia Sherwood/NBC" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /(((great)))###less###/a(((great)))###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-handler/198528?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Chelsea Handler###less###/a(((great))) has never been one to hold her tongue, but her bosses may be asking her to do just that after the ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/chelsea-lately/290863?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Chelsea Lately###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))host made jokes about ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/today/100548?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Today###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great)))'s ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matt-lauer/195235?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Matt Lauer###less###/a(((great))).###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))After ###less###em(((great)))Today###less###/em(((great)))'s ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/al-roker/195031?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Al Roker###less###/a(((great))) admitted to pooping his pants while at the White House, Handler made a joke on her E! late-night show that raised some brows at NBC. "This isn't the first time a ###less###em(((great)))Today ###less###/em(((great)))show cast member was in the news about this sensitive subject. For year, it was common knowledge that Matt Layer spent every morning sh--ing all over ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ann-curry/195040?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Ann Curry###less###/a(((great)))."###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/news/al-roker-pooped-pants-white-house-1058578.aspx?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Al Roker: I pooped in my pants at the White House###less###/a(((great)))###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))The ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/rubbing_lauer_nose_in_it_9xpmT4hdhcs5NYhYDL372I" target="_blank"(((great)))New York Post###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))reports that the brass at Comcast, which owns both NBC and E!, warned the show's writers "to lay off Matt," a source told them. "They don't want them making more fun of Matt and the Ann Curry situation right now." Since Curry's exit from ###less###em(((great)))Today###less###/em(((great))), reports surfaced that Lauer was behind her firing.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))Still, an E! rep told the ###less###em(((great)))Post ###less###/em(((great)))that no such request was made of the writers. ###less###/p(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))

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