Chelsea Handler reportedly told by NBC bosses to stop 'Today' show jokes

Chelsea Handler got in deep doo-doo with Comcast brass over a joke about Al Rokers unpredictable bowels that also smeared Rokers Today colleague Matt Lauer, sources tell us.

Roker recently confessed to Dateline that he once pooped his pants at the White House, and news of the accident, ahem, exploded online.

Handler responded with a zinger on her E! show, Chelsea Lately, saying, This isnt the first time a Today show cast member was in the news about this sensitive subject. For years it was common knowledge that Matt Lauer spent every morning [s - - ting] all over Ann Curry.

But Handlers bosses Comcast owns NBC and E! were apparently not as amused as her audience.

Chelseas writers were warned to lay off Matt, says a source close to the show. They dont want them making more fun of Matt and the Ann Curry situation right now. Lauers been a public target since Curry was canned as co-host of Today and replaced by Savannah Guthrie.

Click here for more on Handler and Lauer from The New York Post.