Ray and Janay Rice Speak to NBC Matt Lauer

Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his wife Janay will tell their story for the first time to NBC’s Matt Lauer.  The interview will air in two parts on NBC’s TODAY, Monday and Tuesday, December 1 and 2. During the interview, Janay Rice told Lauer: “I was furious… Of course in the back of my mind and in my heart I knew that our relationship wouldn’t be over because I know that this isn’t us, and it’s not him.”ExcerptJANAY RICE ON THE AFTERMATH OF THE INCIDENTMATT LAUER:  We’ve only seen you months after the incident. And I can’t imagine that you were that calm when you started to realize exactly what happened in that elevator.  Can you describe those emotions?JANAY RICE: I was furious. We came home and we didn’t talk the entire ride.  Well, I didn’t speak to him the entire ride home. He tried to talk to me.  I didn’t want to hear any of it.  I just knew he hit me, and I was completely over it.  I was done… I just didn’t even want to entertain it – any explanation.  Of course in the back of my mind and in my heart I knew that our relationship wouldn’t be over because I know that this isn’t us, and it’s not himNBC’s TODAY is the news program that informs, entertains, inspires and sets the agenda each morning for Americans. Airing live from 7 am to 11 am ET, TODAY reaches more than 5 million people every day through its broadcast, and millions more through TODAY.com, the TODAY app, and social media platforms. Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Willie Geist, Tamron Hall, Carson Daly, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb are the anchors and hosts, and Don Nash is the executive producer.