Hoda Kotb is shaking off Kelly Rowland leaving the “In the present day” present proper earlier than they have been presupposed to co-host the fourth hour final week.
“I simply need to say this: I’ve nice love and admiration for Kelly Rowland. I am keen on her, and I would like her to come back again on our present, and I would like her to host once more,” Kotb said on “Today with Hoda & Jenna” Tuesday.
Kotb’s co-host, Jenna Bush Hager, who had taken the break day final Thursday when Rowland was set to fill in, agreed that the singer is “welcome anytime,” including, “She’s the perfect.”
“In fact she is, in fact she is! She will share my dressing room. We’ll be in it collectively!” Kotb, 59, mentioned whereas laughing, referring to Web page Six’s unique story about Rowland, 43, being sad together with her backstage quarters.
“However anyway, I simply need to say we love her. We’ve liked her on this present for a lot of, a few years,” Kotb continued.
Bush Hager, 42, then mirrored on the primary time the co-hosts had Rowland as a visitor on their present when each of them begged her to “please host with us” at some point.
Rowland’s absence left Kotb and the remainder of the “In the present day” present workforce scrambling for a co-host, however fortunately, Rita Ora –– who was scheduled to look for an interview selling the brand new season of “The Masked Singer” –– stepped in for the previous Future’s Baby member.
“On one other observe, too, we simply wanna give a shout-out to Rita Ora, who sort of got here in on the final second and actually did an outstanding job, so we now have nice girls on this present,” Kotb gushed Tuesday.
Bush Hager additionally applauded Kotb for dealing with the ordeal with grace and joked she “gained’t take a break day till 2026.”
“I used to be gonna say, you’re not allowed. That’s your final break day for months and months and months,” Kotb joked.
Whereas co-hosting Thursday’s episode, Kotb and Ora, 33, raised eyebrows by repeatedly mentioning how the “For You” singer had solely been alerted she could be filling in a couple of minutes previous to airtime.
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Shortly after the present, Web page Six broke the information that Rowland had left the “In the present day” present after briefly showing on the 8 a.m. hour as a result of the dressing rooms have been lower than par.
“Kelly and her workforce weren’t completely happy. They didn’t just like the dressing room, in order that they determined to drag her off the present, leaving [Kotb] and not using a visitor host for the ten a.m. hour,” a supply instructed us.
We heard the “Say My Title” singer performed a recreation of “musical dressing rooms” at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
An insider added that the entire thing “made no sense” as a result of Rowland is “beloved at ‘In the present day.’”
Rowland has but to publicly handle the incident, whereas Ora confirmed Web page Six’s report and gushed about how everybody was “so beautiful and type.”
