Sorry Larry: White House Party Crashers Give Exclusive Interview To Today Show

At first, the White House party crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, were set to appear on Larry King‘s 9pmET CNN show tonight – but they “postponed” the interview.

After rumors the couple wanted a large sum of money to appear in a TV interview, we now know where they’ll end up – tomorrow morning on Today.

NBC announced the Salahis will appear tomorrow morning in an interview with Matt Lauer. The exclusive means – conceivably – King and CNN could get a second interview (a “cable exclusive” perhaps?) tomorrow night.

We’ve reached out to NBC to see if the interview will be live, in studio and if any money changed hands between the two sides. NBC has a policy, like most networks, not to pay for interviews.

> Update: The interview will be live, via satellite from D.C. From an NBC spokesperson: “Absolutely no money was exchanged. We do not pay for interviews and we did not pay for this one. We did not license any material.”

> Update 2: A good point made by FishbowlDC on Twitter – The interview is granted to an NBCU outlet. The rumors are the couple is in line for a potential starring role on Bravo’s upcoming Real Housewives of DC…another NBCU network.

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