Radio therapist Dr. Laura Schlessinger speaks with Matt Lauer about her controversial choice to repeatedly reference a racial epithet while speaking to an African-American caller on-air last August. Though it led to her moving from broadcast to satellite radio, she called the incident a blessing in disguise.

WATCH DR. LAURA: N-WORD CONTROVERSY WAS A ‘BLESSING’

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Later the same morning Schlessinger made a second appearance on Today with hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb where she said Bill Cosby was “Uncle Tom’d” for standing up for values.

WATCH DR. LAURA: BILL COSBY WAS ‘UNCLE TOM’D’

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