Nancy Alspaugh Wiki: Age, Married, Family, Defending Ex-Husband Matt Lauer - Now Updates
American producer and a screenwriter Nancy Alspaugh is best known for her work on Leeza Gibbons’ show, Leeza. The former TV executive who also served as the vice president of Group W Productions is also known as the ex-wife of Matt Lauer, the former The Today Show host.
Despite separating from the ex-husband, the Emmy award-winning producer has defended her ex-husband from the sexual harassment allegations made by multiple women.
Why don't you munch down the whole story down below in Nancy Alspaugh's wiki-like bio?
Nancy Alspaugh Wiki: From Age To Family Life Now
The screenwriter has been able to keep a name for herself through her talent and never-stopping motivation in different sectors.
Nancy, who is now running at the age of 64, has had a very successful career both as a writer and a producer. Since the beginning of her career, Nancy has made a notable impression in the world of entertainment through her writing. She wrote four episodes on Leeza Gibbon's show, Leeza, during the '90s, which was considered to be Nancy's one of the best works. Also, she wrote the screenplay for the celebrity talk show, Vicki! in 1992.
She also worked as an executive producer for the show, The Bradshaw Difference, which is a syndicated talk-show hosted by a self-help guru, John Bradshaw. She served as the executive producer of the show, Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends during 1996, as well.
Her excellent works were so remarkable, which would be hard to go unnoticed.
She has grabbed various awards and nominations. Back in 1994, Nancy was nominated for Outstanding Talk Show for her work on Vicki!. Similarly, her works on Leeza landed her Five daytime Emmy Awards.
Likewise, she got nominated for Outstanding Talk Show for consecutive three times in 1995, 1996 and 1997. She was also nominated for Outstanding Special Class Writing in 1997. The magazine, Heavy even reported Nancy's achievement as,
“she has been honored with the United Press International Award, the Associated Press Award, the Gabriel Award, the Genesis Award, as well as having been named one of the Hollywood Reporters ‘Women to Watch.'”
Nancy also set her foot in writing by authoring two different books. She released her first book, Not Your Mother’s Midlife: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging in 2003, co-authoring with Marilyn Kentz.
After two years, Nancy released her second book, Fearless Women: Midlife Journeys, in collaboration with Kentz again.
Nancy Alspaugh during the book signing for 'Fearless Women' at Barnes and Nobles (Photo: gettyimages.com)
The multi-talented personality enjoys significant net worth from her diverse career, which is yet to be revealed in figures.
Nancy Alspaugh's Married Life
Her married life with her husband was not all sunshine. She got married to Matt Lauer, who enjoys the net worth of $80 million, in July of 1982.
Following seven years of married life, their marital relationship took a turn leading to a divorce. The pair, who never had children together, divorced in 1988. Despite the separation, Nancy still shares an amicable relationship with her ex-husband.
She even reached out to support her ex-husband after Matt was accused of sexual allegations and fired from the show, The Today Show, in November 2017.
She took a stand for Matt's character while talking in an interview with etonline.com in November 2017. Adding to the same, she took it upon herself to defend her ex-husband and also stated he be given a second chance. The TV star also urged people to look upon his good things as he was the father of three children and an out and out family man.
The man who married to model Annette Roque in 1998 after his split with Alspaugh was stranded by his wife when the news of his unethical sexual behavior surfaced in public. After staying nearly two-decade together and starting a family, the two finalized their divorce in September 2019.
The former TV host was in the process of selling his Hamptons house following the division of property in the divorce document. The two finalized all the legal papers and have parted ways with each other.
Apart from support to the ex-husband, she got married to the FOX executive Head, Read Jackson. She met the second husband, who is the former producer for 60 Minutes and ABC World News Tonight before he became executive at Fox Sports Net.
Nancy Alspaugh with her son Wyatt on August 2019 (Photo: Nancy Alspaugh's Instagram)
The couple shares an adopted child named Wyatt. However, she lost her 71-year-old husband to cancer in 2016, which ended her second married life as well.
Wyatt, a teenager now, was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old. Nancy is doing her best to provide a suitable environment for her son as well as other children like him.
