TODAY star Hoda Kotb has urged producers to shut off her co-hosts’ mics after their sidebar conversation gets out of hand.
Hoda seemed to be annoyed with Today producers for allowing her co-stars, Carson Daly, and Al Roker, to interrupt her during a segment on the show.
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Today star Hoda Kotb has appeared fed-up with her male counterpartsCredit: Today
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Hoda told morning show production to cut off Today anchors Carson Daly and Al Roker’s micCredit: Today
The official Today Twitter account shared a portion of the Today’s Talker segment on the social media platform on Tuesday.
Today anchors Sheinelle Jones, 45, Jenna Bush Hager, 41, and Savannah Guthrie, 51, joined Hoda, 58, for the portion of the morning show.
All of the ladies opined over the latest TikTok phenomenon, “Girl Dinner.”
Girl Dinner refers to the way that some women eat takeout leftovers, snacks, or other bite-size meals in lieu of cooking themselves actual full dinners.
Each of the women presented their personal favorite girl dinner.
Jenna had cheese, crackers, veggies, fruit, and Reeses cups.
Similarly, Savannah had cheese, crackers, and a large chocolate chip cookie.
Hoda also had crackers; however, half of her crackers had cheese melted over them, and the other half were topped with jelly.
Beside her crackers were a side of peanut butter and a coconut popsicle.
CELEB GIRL DINNER
Sheinelle’s girl dinner, however, was the most diverse, consisting of cheese quesadillas and salsa.
Though the segment centered around the women on the show, producers didn’t forget to include the ladies’ male counterparts, Carson, 50, and Al, 68.
Carson and Al were on a different part of the NBC studio set eating pizza and White Castle cheeseburgers, also known as their “Boy Dinner.”
Producers showed them temporarily before shifting back to the women’s roundtable.
Hoda became a little irritated when showrunners split the split screen, capturing the women of the Talker segment and Carson and Al simultaneously.
That’s because when the screen was split, Al and Craig’s discussion began to overpower Hoda, Sheinelle, Savannah, and Jenna’s.
“Are they still talking?,” Hoda asked in a bothered toned.
She followed up her question with a declarative order, telling production to “kill their [Al and Carson’s] mic.”
KEEPING THE PEACE
Hoda tries her best to keep any rudeness at bay.
Despite their sunny respective dispositions, fans have noticed awkward tension between her and Savannah recently, and clues they aren’t friends at all off-camera.
On July 15th’s episode, Savannah and Hoda teamed up for a cooking segment in the kitchen with cookbook author Elizabeth Heiskell.
While the female hosts attempted to help in the kitchen, both Al and Craig Melvin, 45, sat with three Yankees players.
The athletes were on a previous segment and were invited to try some of the food on-camera.
But fans noticed the segment spiraled quickly and turned awkward.
As the chef was speaking and Savannah was mixing a salad, Hoda walked over to the table and asked: “Wait – are we done?”
Savannah replied: “Yea that’s it. Moving on. We’ll just move on, we don’t have time for all that,” as she dismissively waved her hand in front of Hoda and cut off the guest from speaking.
Viewers could hear Hoda nervously laughing in the background as a close-up of the camera showed Savannah continuing to mix the salad.
An awkward pause ensued before the guest started talking again.
“They can replace her anytime. She’s phony and not very nice,” one fan roasted about Savannah on Twitter.
On July 18th’s episode, the ladies welcomed Lizzo, 35, as a musical guest.
She performed on the outdoor stage as part of the Citi Summer Concert Series – a fixture of morning shows in the summer.
At one point, Hoda excitedly grabbed Lizzo’s hand and guided her into the packed crowd to greet her fans.
While she had her moment with Lizzo, viewers noticed she didn’t wait for her co-host, Savannah, to join them.
Savannah followed them briskly down the stairs with their co-anchors, Craig and Dylan Dreyer, 41, and Hoda seemed to hurry Lizzo along, leaving them behind.
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Hoda’s demand came during the Today segment, TalkerCredit: Today
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During the segment, the women of Today discussed the TikTok trend, ‘Girl Dinner’Credit: Today
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Hoda insisted not to keep letting Carson and Al crash their segment with their ‘Boy Dinner’