Watch a shaken Savannah Guthrie announce Matt Lauer's firing on the 'Today' show

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Savannah Guthrie announces her colleague Matt Lauer's firing.

• Matt Lauer, host of NBC's "Today" has been fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior."
• His cohost, Savannah Guthrie, made the announcement on Wednesday morning, just moments after she learned the news herself.

Savannah Guthrie started off Wednesday's morning show with the unexpected news that Matt Lauer, her NBC colleague for a decade, had been fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior."

A visibly shaken Guthrie read through a statement from NBC Chairman Andy Lack saying that he "received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer."

"This is a sad morning for 'Today' and NBC News," Guthrie said. "We just learned this moments ago, just this morning. As I'm sure you can imagine, we are devastated, and we are still processing all of this."

She said she didn't know more than the statement she read from Lack.

"For the moment, all we can say is that we are heartbroken. I'm heartbroken for Matt, he is my dear, dear friend and my partner. And he is beloved by many, many people here, and I'm heartbroken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story," she said.

She continued: "We are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have faced these past few weeks: How do you reconcile your love for someone with the Revelation that they have behaved badly? And I don't know the answer to that."

Watch the full statement below: