TODAY star Jacob Soborof has teased he planned to get up and leave in the middle of a live segment due to his co-stars’ behavior.
The TV personality has been filling in for Carson Daly this week amid the Voice star’s mystery absence.
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Jacob Soboroff has been filling in for Carson Daly on the Today show this weekCredit: NBC
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He joked about getting up and ‘leaving’ in the middle of a live segment after his co-stars began singingCredit: NBC
With Carson currently off from the morning show, Jacob’s been leading the missing host’s usual pop culture segment, PopStart.
But he encountered a bit of an interruption from his co-stars during Wednesday’s broadcast.
The fill-in Today host shared a story about Spotify’s Top 10 Songs of the Summer when Craig Melvin, Hoda Kotb, and more of the hosts couldn’t keep their excitement in check.
The first song Jacob mentioned was Luke Combs’ cover of Fast Car, which earned many claps from the Today hosts.
Craig admitted he thought the track “would’ve won” Song of the Summer, instead of it only being in the Top 10.
Jacob revealed the song only landed in the number six spot before a snippet of the track began playing in the studio.
This was the boost the TV personalities needed to level up their excitement a notch more and start singing along to the tune.
Shocked, Jacob called them out on it, saying: “Craig’s singing, Hoda’s singing, everybody’s singing!”
They all continued to sing, despite it being time to move on to reveal another top song, with the cover art for Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire already flashing on the screen.
“I’m leaving, bye,” Jacob joked.
This earned a laugh from his co-stars as they stopped their mini-performance, allowing him to move on with the rest of his segment.
The Today show has yet to reveal the reason for Carson’s absence or when he’ll return.
Jacob, who takes turns filling in for various absent anchors, did share how long fans will be seeing him on the program this time around.
On Monday, he posted a picture of himself holding a microphone while outside on the Today plaza.
In the caption, he wrote: “Back in action. On the show through Labor Day, after which I promise to get a haircut.
“Come visit us on the plaza. Greatest Monday morning crowd today.”
His followers had thoughts on multiple aspects of his caption, telling him to not cut his hair and also begging for Jacob to stay on permanently.
“Happy to see you back!! Hair is fine!!” one fan wrote.
Another commented: “Can’t say enough wish u were a regular, enjoy your 2 weeks on today show.”
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Carson has been off from the Today show for over a weekCredit: NBC
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It has not yet been revealed where he is or when he will return
