Lester Holt, Martha Raddatz, Anderson Cooper and Chris Wallace won’t have to worry about their bosses feeding them questions in their ears when they moderate the presidential debates in the coming weeks.

The Commission on Presidential Debates will allow moderators to wear earpieces if they choose, but the executive producer of the commission will be the only person in their ear. Executive producers from the news organizations will not have editorial control and the earpieces are mainly to keep track of timing.

Holt’s NBC colleague Matt Lauer wore an earpiece when he interviewed presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on his Sept. 7 “Commander-in-Chief Forum,” which left many criticizing the veteran “Today” anchor’s interviewing skills and judgment.

Multiple sources told us that Lauer’s disastrous performance during his interview with Clinton was largely due to NBC News chief Andy Lack pressuring him to push her on her e-mail scandal.

But an NBC rep told us the executive producer was talking to Matt through his earpiece during the interview — not Lack. “Andy was not in [Lauer’s] ear. It’s totally untrue. The fact of the mat­ter is he would never be in the ear of any host dur­ing a program — it would be way too distracting,” the rep insisted, saying that Lack was in the control room giving feedback during the forum, but did not communicate directly with Lauer.

Still, Lauer took all the heat, and New Yorkers continue to express their disdain for the host. Several pedestrians gave him a thumbs down when we took to the streets of Manhattan and asked about the newsman. “I don’t like him,” said one. “I think he stinks.”

Lauer took a week off after the scandal and has yet to comment on the reaction to him pressing Clinton repeatedly over her e-mails, skipping over other important topics, and appearing to give Trump a free pass.

Holt will be the next NBC anchor in the hot seat to face off with Clinton and Trump. He will moderate the first debate with Clinton and Trump on Sept. 26. Raddatz and Cooper will moderate the second on Oct. 9, and Wallace will moderate the final debate on Oct. 19.

People in New York have some strong opinions about Matt Lauer: