By Snejana Farberov Matt Lauer has responded to criticism for asking General Motors CEO Mary Barra if she can be both a good parent and a good executive by saying he'd have asked a male CEO the same question. Barra was interviewed on Thursday's Today Show and replied she believes she can be a good parent and a good CEO. Lauer took heat from dozens of Twitter contributors who said he wouldn't have questioned a male CEO like that. He insists he would have. Scroll down for video Sexism scandal: Matt Lauer (right) landed in hot water after he asked GM CEO Mary Barra (left) about her ability to balance her role as a mother with her professional responsibilities during an interview Thursday
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Matt Lauer interviewed Mary Barra in Detroit for a Today Show segment Thursday
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Lauer asked about Barra's ability to balance her work and home life after referring to her statement in a Forbes article about missing son's prom
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The NBC host, who is married with three children, wrote on his Facebook page that he would have asked a male CEO the same thing
As part of the interview, I referenced this Forbes article (http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2014/05/28/exclusive-inside-mary-barras-urgent-mission-to-fix-gm/) where @placeholder talked about the challenge of balancing work life and home life.