{"id":285703,"date":"2019-12-31T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1106846"},"modified":"2019-12-31T17:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:46:51","slug":"all-the-details-on-matt-lauers-rumored-new-romance-with-shamin-abas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/all-the-details-on-matt-lauers-rumored-new-romance-with-shamin-abas\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Details on Matt Lauer&#8217;s Rumored New Romance With Shamin Abas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191131\/rs_1024x759-191231155554-1024---2-Split-matt-shamina-me-123019.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Shamin Abas, Matt Lauer \" alt=\"Shamin Abas, Matt Lauer \" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Patrick McMullan\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Steven A Henry\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.459518599562\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"27.019693654267\">\n<p>New year, new romance.<\/p>\n<p>It appears <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/matt_lauer\">Matt Lauer<\/a><\/strong> is starting off 2020 with someone special by his side. According to multiple reports, the 62-year-old star is dating his longtime friend and public relations executive,&nbsp;<strong>Shamin Abas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The duo has apparently known each other for quite some time, however,&nbsp;things&nbsp;reportedly became romantic recently. &#8220;Matt and Shamin have known each other for many years, as she spends a lot of time in the Hamptons, as does he,&#8221; a source told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/12\/31\/matt-lauer-dating-marketing-guru-shamin-abas-after-finalizing-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Page Six<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>about their history. &#8220;They very recently began dating, she is a lovely woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more? According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/matt-lauer-dating-shamin-abas-annette-roque-look-alike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>InTouch Weekly<\/em><\/a>, who first reported on their romance, Matt and Shamin flew out&nbsp;to New Zealand for a romantic trip over the holiday weekend. Moreover, the duo was also seen jet-setting out of New Jersey in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously one thing led to another and they&#8217;re a full-fledged item now,&#8221; an insider revealed to the publication.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>&#8220;She knows who he is,&#8221; the source continued to <em>InTouch<\/em>. &#8220;She&#8217;s thrilled she&#8217;s with him. She doesn&#8217;t seem to have a care in the world.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet&#8217;s source, the&nbsp;62-year-old feels like he &#8220;can trust Shamin,&#8221; especially after everything that has been going on in his life.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.21295143213\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"18.777085927771\">\n<p>For a refresher, the news of Matt&#8217;s&nbsp;recent romance&nbsp;comes nearly three months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1055863\/matt-lauer-s-wife-annette-roque-files-for-divorce-more-than-a-year-after-today-firing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he finalized his divorce<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>Annette Roque<\/strong>.&nbsp;In fact, many have commented on the PR guru&#8217;s appearance and how&nbsp;much she&nbsp;resembles to Lauer&#8217;s ex.<\/p>\n<p>Some might recall that the television personality and Roque were married for 20 years&nbsp;and share three kids together\u2014<strong>Jack<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;Romy<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Thijs<\/strong>.&nbsp;The longtime couple separated when the disgraced former&nbsp;<em>Today<\/em> show host was&nbsp;fired by NBC&nbsp;after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/990937\/inside-matt-lauer-s-new-normal-one-year-after-today-show-firing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused of sexual misconduct in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, new allegations surfaced against Lauer when his NBC News&nbsp;colleague,&nbsp;<strong>Brooke Nevils<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1081167\/today-s-savannah-guthrie-and-hoda-kotb-react-to-rape-allegations-against-matt-lauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged that he raped her<\/a> in a hotel room when they were&nbsp;reporting on the&nbsp;2014 Sochi Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 62-year-old has continued to deny all the allegations made against him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3\">\n<p>At this time, neither Lauer or&nbsp;Abas have addresses their reported romance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1106846\/all-the-details-on-matt-lauer-s-rumored-new-romance-with-shamin-abas?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick McMullan\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Steven A Henry\/Getty Images New year, new romance. It appears Matt Lauer is starting off 2020 with someone special by his side. According to multiple reports, the 62-year-old star is dating his longtime friend and public relations executive,&nbsp;Shamin Abas. 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