Lester Holt to presidential debate commission on moderating again: 'Lose my number'
BY JOE CONCHA - 03/02/18 12:26 PM EST
NBC "Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt said Wednesday night he told a presidential debate commission to lose his number after moderating the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in September 2016.
The revelations came during a Black History Month event at New York's Paley Center for media, where the 58-year-old Holt spoke with NBC News colleague Andrea Mitchell.
It was “incredibly gratifying to be a part of it," Holt said of the Sept. 26, 2016 debate from Hofstra University watched by more than 84 million people at home, the largest audience for any presidential debate in history. Holt said he still hasn't watched the record-setting-ratings event.
“I remember at the end of the evening, we had a little reception with our staff and I was leaving and one of the people from the debate commission said ‘great job, hope you see you in four years’ and I said ‘lose my number,'” Holt added.
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