South Korean super-star, Psy, showed up on the “Today Show” set this morning (Friday, May 3) at New York City’s Rockefeller Center and persuaded beleaguered host, Matt Lauer, to try a little gangnam style. Lauer’s been dealing with fallout the past few weeks following the publication of Brian Stelter’s Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. Stelter alleges that former “Today Show” co-host, Ann Curry, was ousted from the show through machinations by Lauer and others. Lauer appeared on Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show” last night, saying simply that “This has been an interesting year,” maintaining that the “Today Show” is still a contender in the morning TV shows ratings war. Lauer has anchored the NBC show for 18 years
Meanwhile, if Matt Lauer is fighting to stay on top, Psy’s star keeps rising. His trademark “Gangnam Style” is the number one hit in YouTube’s history with over 1 billion views, he released “Gentleman” last month, live-streaming it to a YouTube audience of 150,000, South Korea named him “Tourism Ambassador” last month, and today Bluewater publishers announced the publication of “Fame: Psy,” a comic book/graphic novel style biography. Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, is married to Yoo Hye-yeon. They have twin daughters.
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