CARSON Daly has shocked himself and his Today show co-hosts after he let an embarrassing comment slip out of his mouth during Friday’s broadcast.
The 50-year-old TV personality hid his face behind his paper script and rushed to apologize to everyone.
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Carson Daly used the phrase, ‘It’s lit,’ during the Today show on FridayCredit: NBC
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The 50-year-old hid his face after quickly regretting using the youthful slangCredit: NBC
During his daily pop culture segment on Today, Carson accidentally used a slang word he quickly regretted.
After announcing Olivia Rodrigo as the latest artist to join the morning show’s summer concert series, the host got a bit excited about how great the months-long event is this year.
“This is the best summer since I’ve been on the show, artist-wise,” he insisted. “Artists are lining up to get out there.”
Carson then added: “Because New York is showing up and showing out! As [my teen son] Jackson would say, ‘It’s lit!’”
The star immediately wanted to take back having just used that youthful slang, shaking his head and saying, “I’m 50, I’m sorry.”
He covered his face with his papers and went on: “I blacked out. I won’t do that again. Next time I say, ‘It’s lit,’ hit me over the head.”
His co-hosts all groaned and laughed after Carson used the phrase, with Al Roker joking that it was just “sad.”
Carson only recently turned 50 and celebrated the milestone birthday with a big affair with his family and his co-stars live on the Today show.
Earlier this month, Carson’s wife and their three young daughters joined to sing a sweet rendition of Happy Birthday to him on air.
The duo share daughters Etta, 10, London, eight, and Goldie, three, as well as a 14-year-old son, Jackson.
Savannah Guthrie teased that Jackson was the only one from the Daly family not at the birthday celebration because he’s a “teenager now and is sleeping.”
Carson then joked that his son “asked how much the appearance fee was to show up this morning,” and he told him he would “get nothing.”
While they were one member short when it came time to sing Happy Birthday, someone from the host’s Voice family was there to help make up for it
Kelly Clarkson, who had an interview on Today that morning about her new album, joined Savannah, Hoda Kotb, Sheinelle Jones, and Carson’s wife and daughters for the birthday tune.
“I’m sorry, America,” Carson teased as Savannah counted down to the start of the singing.
As they began, she then joked that the producers should turn up superstar Kelly’s microphone.
Throughout the song, the camera cut from Hoda, Sheinelle, and Kelly singing and holding up their beers to Carson holding up his ice cream-eating toddler in his arms.
Siri and Savannah also stood next to the birthday host as they sang to him.
Carson’s other daughters, Etta and London, were shown on the other side of the stage, singing to their dad from behind the table housing his chocolate cake.
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He told his co-hosts to ‘hit’ him if he ever used the word ‘lit’ againCredit: NBC
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Carson only recently turned 50 and had a big on-air celebration earlier this month
