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This is. The Today show…Seacrest out.

Ryan Seacrest has been rumored to be in talks to take Matt Lauer’s place as host of the ‘Today,’ show. So it got really awkward when NBC made Matt interview Ryan Seacrest on the ‘Today’ show.

"What kind of conversations have you had with NBC about joining the ‘Today’ show?" Lauer asked. Ryan joked: "They didn't tell you?!"

Matt laughed, then grabbed him by the collar and said, “You think this is some sort of joke, pretty boy?!”

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After five years on the Today Show, Meredith Vieira announced this morning that she's leaving the show next month to take care of her ill husband.

Anchor Ann Curry will replace Meredith alongside Matt Lauer. So far no word on whether Matt will stay on board once his contract expires next year.

"This is a difficult day for me. I'm trying hard to hold it together," Vieira said while laughing and holding back tears. Her final day will be "in a few weeks," said co-host Matt Lauer.

So who else is moving and shaking things up? Full details after the jump!

Kanye West never STFU, so hearing that he’s running his mouth again shouldn't come as a shock.

This time he’s pissed off at the Today Show’s Matt Lauer for his “brutal” interview with him.

Lauer brought up the time in 2005 when West said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” when referring to Hurricane Katrina. He gave Kanye a chance to redeem himself, which he did during the interview.

Lauer then had George W. Bush on the show, and played back the clip of Kanye saying he had no right to call the president a racist. Bush, who was on the show to promote his new book Decision Points, mentions in the book that Kanye’s remarks, as well as many others’, was a low point of his presidency.

Kanye West: I'm a Bad Celebrity

But that’s where Kanye had to get the last word…he went on a Twitter rage of epic proportions today…here’s what he wrote:

"Man I'm heading to Abu Dhabi finna go to Ferrari Land YESSSS!!! ....but before I take off let me tell you how they did me at the Today show," West tweeted. "I went up there to express how I was empathetic to Bush because I labeled him a racist and years later I got labeled as a racist. While I was trying to give the interview they started playing the 'MTV' under me with audio!!!!!!! I don't mess with Matt Lauer or the Today Show ... and that's a very nice way for me to put it! HE TRIED TO FORCE MY ANSWERS. IT WAS VERY BRUTAL AND I CAME THERE WITH ONLY POSITIVE INTENT. I feel very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused. I don't trust anyone but myself! Everyone has an agenda. I don't do press anymore. I can't be everything to everybody anymore. I can't be everybody's hero and villain savior and sinner Christian and anti Christ!"

He continued: "I can't take anymore advice. I create, I'm creative, I have a good heart, everyone will see and understand one day. Everything sounds like noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE NOISE!!!!!!! I don't trust anyone! Very judged very scrutinized very criticized! I want everyone to know I have lows all the time but I make it through them! Yo I really wonder if Matt Lauer thought that shit was cool to play the 'MTV' clip while I was speaking about Bush? He played clips of Bush and asked me to look at his face while I was trying to talk to him. I wish Michael Jackson had twitter!!!!!! Maybe Mike could have explained how the media tried to set him up!!! It's all a fucking set up!!!! This is rock and roll life my people... you can't stop the truth you can't stop the music and I have to be strong or 'they' win!!!! . Sometimes it's not simple, some days it's not easy... I just want to create. I love you guys, thanks for the support!"

Wow. Just, wow. Kanye really must think he’s Jesus Christ himself. Have you ever in your life seen anyone more narcissistic?! The more he talks the less I want to hear his music.

Check out Bush’s interview below:

When it comes to her very famous daughter Lindsay Lohan, Dina is always equipped with excuses.

Her daughter got a DUI before she was legally allowed to drink and walked into a police station with cocaine in her pocket after allegedly kidnapping a couple of people. The judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab, but according to Dina, her daughter didn't deserve a single day of that and she blames the judge for Lindsay's problem. Wake up woman!

In a new interview with the Today Show, an argumentative Dina placed blame on the judge and insists there's absolutely nothing wrong with her daughter's behavior.

"I'm not condoning drinking and driving, but she's still paying the price for what she did in 2007," said an often-agitated Dina, referring to Lindsay's two DUI cases from three years ago. As for Lindsay, "She's changed," says her mother. "She's grown up considerably."

When asked how or what brought upon this big "change," Dina told Today's Matt Lauer, "Age. Living life. Knowing life. Growing up."

Lindsay ended up pissing off the judge when she skipped a court hearing to party in Cannes, but of course Dina had an excuse for that too. "She was in [jail] for just missing a couple of classes and was working at the time."

In addition, Dina noted, by Lindsay's being behind bars, "She missed driving classes." The actress also came into personal contact with murderers, said her mother, adding, "She made friends with them."

It's like Dina has a journal of excuses when it comes to Lindsay. She refuses to accept the fact that Lindsay has a serious substance abuse problem and needs professional help. No wonder Lindsay could never get it together, her enabling mother was always there to assure her there's nothing wrong with her behavior!

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