Annette Roque married to Matt Lauer became Annette Lauer bore three children with Matt Lauer. But the married life could not last for years and Annette Lauer finally divorced accusing her ex-husband of being cruel, inhuman, and showing aggressive behavior towards her.

In addition to her own identity, also known as Matt Lauer wife, Annette Roque is one of the women of a mixed fortune who succeeded in her profession, but, failed in her family.

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How Did Annette Roque Become Matt Lauer Wife?

Annette Roque is a few of the models who came to the USA for career search in modeling from the Netherlands. First, she was involved with the fashion industry, and it was through their mutual stylist friend Mario Santoro Annette got to meet her boyfriend, Matt Lauer.

It was a blind date set in July 1997. Interesting to date a partner who you even don’t know. Their heart didn’t start beating for one another instantly since the first meet, rather after a few consequent meets, they felt they would keep one another for long.

After quite a dating of five months, Annette Roque and Matt Lauer got engaged. Matt Lauer proposed Roque first. Annette Roque could not reject the lovely proposal when she saw Matt offering a pear-shaped diamond in Venice. Soon they got married on October 3, 1998, lauded by some 100 guests.

Annette Roque and Matt Lauer Wedding

Annette Roque and Today co-anchor Matt Lauer’s wedding bells rang in the Presbyterian Church in Bridgehampton, near the reception site in the town of Water Mill, five months after Matt Lauer had won Annette Roque’s heart through a diamond pear in Venice.

The wedding ceremony was quite beautiful with the candle-lit party and the guests lighting all them. One of Matt Lauer colleagues Al Roker reports the wedding ceremony to be “cultured and yet fun.” Al Roker’s reaction to the wedding Annette Roque and Matt Lauer:

It was very cultured and yet fun. Their first dance, not even so much their dance, but Watching them at the table. They would be talking to somebody, and when that person would leave, the two of them were looking into each other’s eyes. You could see they were truly, truly happy.

Why Did the “Truly, Truly Happy” Wedding End to a Divorce?

Matt Lauer’s colleague commented their wedding and the couple themselves were thrilled. What drove their happy relationships to a tragic end? Matt Lauer wife Annette Roque filed an appeal in the court for divorce 9n 2006, and the relationships foresaw a tragedy.

The divorce papers prepared for filing the case stated that Annette experienced “cruel and inhumane” treatment from her husband, who demonstrated “extreme anger and hostility,” reports heavy.com thus:

“The conduct of defendant [Matt] so endangers the physical and mental well-being of the plaintiff [Annette] so as to render it unsafe and improper for plaintiff to cohabit with defendant,” Nancy Chemtob, the attorney for Annette, reportedly said in the legal documents.

“Defendant has condinuously and repjeatedly given higher priority to … personal interests than his family obligations to plaintiff, causing plaintiff to feel abandoned, isolated and alone in raising the parties’s children.”

Does Matt Lauer Wife Live Separately Now? Who Is Looking after Their Children?

The Matt Lauer Wife filing the divorce case didn’t deteriorate the relationship. Rather, Matt Lauer realized the mistake and couldn’t let the children remain isolated when they needed their utmost care.  Soon they reconciled in 2007 and started living together.

Matt Lauer Wife Annette Roque Wiki Bio, Children, and Net Worth

Annette Roque bore three children with Matt Lauer. Jack Matthew Lauer (2001), Romy Lauer (2003), and Thijs Lauer ( 2006). Annette Roque Net worth is not available and will be soon updated after the exact figure comes out. Stay updated with us.