Matt Lauer has been out of the public eye for almost a decade now, but when photographer Elder Ordonez captured him during a recent dinner outing in Sag Harbor, New York, and shared the image on Instagram, social media couldn’t help but take notice.

The former “Today” show co-anchor, who once commanded morning television with his polished presence and trustworthy demeanor, appeared dramatically different from the clean-cut professional viewers remembered from his 21-year tenure on one of television’s most prominent platforms.

The photograph, posted on Wednesday, Aug. 20, showed a 67-year-old Lauer looking “calm and relaxed” according to Ordonez’s caption, but it was his transformed appearance that sent shockwaves through social media. The man who had built his career on maintaining an im

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