Matt Lauer: No 'Quid Pro Quo' Deal For Princes

In the wake of the embarrassing debacle of NBC’s now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t $1 million deal for Paris Hilton‘s first post-penitentiary interview, Matt Lauer said during a conference call to promote next Sunday’s “Concert for Diana” telecast that there was “no quid pro quo” involved in his exclusive interview with Princes William and Harry — despite the fact that the network paid $2.5 million for the rights to broadcast the tribute.

“When the concert deal was signed they hadn’t even decided they were even going to do an interview,” said Lauer.

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