Current:Home > InvestToday's Hoda Kotb Reacts to Kelly Rowland Dressing Room Drama -Trailblazer Capital Learning
Today's Hoda Kotb Reacts to Kelly Rowland Dressing Room Drama
View
Date:2025-04-19 16:01:35
It looks like cohosting Today just wasn't part of Kelly Rowland's destiny this time around.
The Destiny's Child member was originally scheduled to join Hoda Kotb on Hoda & Jenna Feb. 15 while Jenna Bush Hager was off, the news organization noted. However, Kelly ended up leaving the set before the final hour of Today aired, with Page Six reporting she walked out over an issue with her dressing room.
But before fans start jumpin' jumpin' to conclusions, Hoda made it clear she doesn't have any bad blood with the singer.
"I have great love and admiration for Kelly Rowland," the host said on the Feb. 20 episode of Today. "I adore her, and I want her to come back on our show, and I want her to host again."
And after Jenna reiterated Kelly is "welcome any time," Hoda added, "Of course she is! She can share my dressing room. We'll be in it together."
She also noted why she felt compelled to speak out about the situation. "I just wanted to say that we love her," Hoda continued. "We've loved her on this show for many, many, many years."
After all, Kelly has appeared on Today several times throughout her career.
"Remember the first time that she was a guest and we both said, 'Can she please host with us?'" Jenna recalled. "We adore her."
The duo also expressed their adoration for Rita Ora, who covered the shift last minute.
"We just want to give a shout-out to Rita Ora who kind of came in at the last second and really did a phenomenal job," Hoda added. "We have great women on this show."
And after everything that happened, Jenna joked she "won't take a day off until 2026."
As Hoda quipped back. "You're not allowed. That's the last day off for months and months and months."
E! has reached out to Kelly's rep for comment but has yet to hear back.
(E! and NBC News are both part of the NBCUniversal family).
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (3)
Related
- Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
- How the iPhone 16 is different from Apple’s recent releases
- New search opens for plane carrying 3 that crashed in Michigan’s Lake Superior in 1968
- Amy Adams Makes Rare Comments About 14-Year-Old Daughter Aviana
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Where is the next presidential debate being held? Inside historic venue
- New Red Lobster CEO dined as a customer before taking over: Reports
- Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- A look at some of the oldest religious leaders in the world
Ranking
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- She clocked in – and never clocked out. Arizona woman's office death is a wake-up call.
- Tennessee, Texas reshape top five of college football's NCAA Re-Rank 1-134 after big wins
- New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at seafood festival contest
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- The Latest: Harris and Trump are prepping for the debate but their strategies are vastly different
- YouTube removes right-wing media company's channels after indictment alleges Russian funding
- ‘Shogun’ wins 11 Emmys with more chances to come at Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Recommendation
Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
Horoscopes Today, September 8, 2024
Kathy Bates announces retirement after 'Matlock' reboot: 'It's exhausting'
Beyoncé shares another 'Cécred Sunday' video of her wash day hair routine
Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
The uproar around Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Megalopolis’ movie explained
A federal judge tosses a lawsuit over the ban on recorded inmate interviews in South Carolina
Ryan Blaney surges in NASCAR playoff standings, Kyle Larson takes a tumble after Atlanta