TODAY host Hoda Kotb has rushed out of the studio in the middle of a live segment.
Hoda, 58, had to disappear from set to make it outdoors to kick off the following segment on the streets of New York.
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Today host Hoda Kotb disappeared during a live segmentCredit: Today
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When the camera returned to the hosts, Hoda was goneCredit: Today
Jacob Soboroff, 40, kicked off the PopStart segment where Hoda was seen on set with the hosts.
While Carson Daly, 50, usually runs the segment, Jacob was filling in for him on Friday.
Today honored the late musician Randy Meisner, the Eagles founding member, who died at 77 on July 26.
The segment featured several photos and sound clips honoring Randy and cut away from the hosts, so when the cameras returned to the set, Hoda had disappeared.
Today hosts Al Roker, 68, Savannah Guthrie, 51, and Craig Melvin, 44, talked about Kylie Minogue, Macklemore, Kelly Clarkson, and Stephen Curry, but Hoda was gone.
Once the PopStart segment ended, Savannah clapped her hands together and said: “Guys, where’s Hoda?”
The camera cut to Hoda running out of the Today studios and onto Rockefeller Plaza with pop star Renee Rapp to help amp up the crowd awaiting the singer’s live performance.
OFF DUTY
Hoda isn’t the only star skipping out on the studio for some fun.
On Thursday’s episode of Today, two fill-in hosts, Jacob and Savannah Sellers, were at the desk while Al Roker hosted an outdoor block party.
Al was missing from his post for the day, explaining the need for fill-ins.
Craig explained that the guest hosts were filling in because Al was having a “very busy morning.”
“He, in case you missed it, has been hosting an epic summer block party on the plaza,” he said.
“It’s going on as we speak, and Al’s going to be cooking, dancing, drinking, and corn-holing,” Craig added.
“We’ll check back in with him a bit later.”
Jacob said he had a chance to play some cornhole earlier in the day during the block party.
Craig admitted they both did pretty well at the game.
The footage that played showed Al alongside the crew enjoying the game together.
Al continued hosting the block party outside while the other hosts held things down inside the studio.
GUTHRIE’S GONE
On Wednesday, Savannah was missing as Craig filled in.
But on Wednesday morning, Craig sat next to Hoda and delivered the news of the day.
Typically, Craig joins Savannah and Hoda about 30 minutes into the program at the desk, but on Wednesday, he was there in the beginning.
“Good morning. So happy you are with us on this Wednesday morning,” Hoda said.
“Savannah is off, but Craig is with us.”
BACK TODAY
Craig returned to the morning show on Tuesday after a long vacation with his family.
He did not join Savannah and Hoda during the first hour on Tuesday, but was there for Today’s third hour.
The host was joined by Al and Vicky Nguyen.
Sheinelle Jones and Dylan Dreyer were absent on Tuesday.
During his first appearance back on the show, Craig explained where he had been over the past week.
He had been vacationing with family and having a blast while gone.
“It’s good to be back,” Craig told Al, who welcomed him back to the show.
“We went down last week, me, my younger brother, and my older brothers and all their kids went on vacation, beach, pool, beach, pool,” Craig said.
He played golf with his dad and said his wife Lindsay Czarniak organized a family tennis outing with the other members of his family.
“It was great, but it was like 95 degrees,” he said.
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Hoda had to run outdoors to do a quick transition to introduce Renee RappCredit: Today
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Hoda also pumped up the crowd for the live performanceCredit: Getty
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Carson Daly usually runs the PopStart segments, but Jacob Soboroff filled in
