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OK! Exclusive: Tom Gets Revenge on Matt Lauer
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Oct. 24 2008, Published 6:23 a.m. ET
As OK! exclusively reported last night, Tom Cruise did indeed make a surprise appearance Friday afternoon at the Friars Club roast of his supposed nemesis, Today Show host Matt Lauer. And according to those in attendance, the actor didn't hold back on skewering the man he famously sparred with on live TV three years ago.
"Everyone in the room was shocked," one audience member reveals to OK!. "Tom just walked across the stage after a video segment."
"Believe it or not, Matt and I are friends," Tom told the audience. "Which some of you may find surprising because we had that, uh... you know."
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