THE Today Show hosts Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, and Hoda Kotb have grimaced in horror after trying a viral drink.
They were all handed the coffee order that Pedro Pascal was seen getting at a Starbucks recently.
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Hoda Kotb grimaced after she tried a viral coffee drink that Pedro Pascal orderedCredit: NBC
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Al Roker said he couldn’t feel his eyelidsCredit: NBC
On Friday’s show, Carson Daly led the POPStart segment, as usual.
He talked about how Pedro went viral after a fan took a video of him while meeting him.
Another fan zoomed in on the coffee he was holding to see what he had ordered and posted that to Tiktok.
They discovered that it was a Venti Iced Quad Espresso with extra ice and six shots of espresso.
It then led to a paparazzi asking him about how many shots of coffee he had in his cup, to which The Last of Us star replied, “12.”
The hosts did not know if he was kidding, but they did get the opportunity to try Pedro’s drink of choice.
“It caused a lot of commotion online,” Carson explained.
Carson, Hoda, Savannah, Al, and Craig Melvin all sipped the drink.
“No cream?” Savannah asked, as the camera zoomed in on Hoda.
She made a cringe face, closed her eyes, and said: “Oh my God.”
Savannah made a disgusted face as Al shouted out: “Geez.”
“I would rather lick my shoe,” she admitted.
Craig suggested letting the ice melt to make it “not as intense.”
But, Hoda and Savannah told him it needed cream.
“A little cream. Maybe some Sweet and Low,” Savannah said.
“I can’t feel my eyelids,” Al joked.
FANS REACT
Fans took to the comments of the segment that was posted to Twitter to react to it.
“‘I would rather lick my shoe! *laughing emoji*,” one fan mocked Savannah.
Another fan laughed and said: “Was that Roker with This is NOT the way.™”
A third added: “I had half of a Diet Coke at lunch yesterday and was up all night. If I drank this, I wouldn’t sleep until… ever.”
Other fans corrected Carson and told him it was “espresso” not “expresso.”
COOL IT, CRAIG!
This is not the first time Pedro has been mentioned on the Today Show.
Earlier this month, Craig, Carson, Al, and Sheinelle Jones talked about The Last of Us.
Craig almost announced a spoiler on live TV that would have ruined his day.
Carson told his co-hosts that Sarah Michelle Gellar posted a throwback photo of herself and Pedro to her Instagram feed.
They worked together on an episode of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
The show then aired clips of Pedro at The Mandalorian premiere earlier this week and he talked about working with the actress.
At the end of the clip, Carson told viewers that the new season started streaming on Disney Plus that day.
He turned to his co-hosts then and said: “And The Last of Us you were saying is great. Pedro Pascal.”
“It’s the best show on television right now,” Craig said.
“Yeah. So you can check that one out,” Carson promoted. “I just started watching it, but he is good.”
“Wait until you get to episode three,” Craig smiled.
“Stop it! No spoilers,” Carson demanded.
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Savannah said it needed cream and Sweet and lowCredit: NBC
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No one on the couch seemed to like itCredit: NBC
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Savannah said she would rather ‘lick her shoe’ than drink that
