TODAY Show host Craig Melvin has muttered “You’re such a jerk” to Al Roker under his breath on live TV after his rival co-host’s scathing comment.

The surprising moment occurred during the Start TODAY fitness segment on Thursday’s episode of the morning show.

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Today Show host Craig Melvin has muttered ‘You’re such a jerk’ to Al Roker under his breath on live TV after his rival co-host’s scathing commentCredit: NBC

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The surprising moment occurred during the Start TODAY fitness segment on Thursday’s episode of the morning showCredit: NBC
The segment began with Craig, 44, and co-host Sheinelle Jones, 45, lying across yoga mats on the floor while Al, 68, and show guest, founder of the Daily Thrive app, Vicky Justiz, were seated on the couch behind them.

Things got off to a bumpy start as Al announced: “We’re learning exercises you can do right from the comfort of your couch,” but Craig couldn’t stop himself from laughing long enough to get the workout started.

Unable to hold it together, Craig revealed he did like his head placement—which was right in between Al’s legs—as he rose to his knees.

Sheinelle then told Vicky: “Good luck keeping up on the rails.”

The Today Show hosts then proceeded to complete the “Lazy Girl Couch Workout” under the instruction of the YouTube fitness instructor.

Vicky revealed: “The point of his workout is that it can be done by anyone, anywhere, [at] anytime.”

The first exercise the group attempted was side leg raises.

Craig immediately looked uncomfortable as the anchor lied on his side and lifted his leg straight into the air.

Seemingly feeling a little exposed, the 44-year-old tried to adjust to jacket and cover himself with his tie.

Craig stopped participating in the workout entirely as Al grinned and asked the instructor: “What’s another lower body one?”

She then suggested the attempt to do a clamshell exercise which had the morning show hosts lift up one knee and open their legs in a somewhat compromising fashion.

In utter disbelief, Craig called out: “Some producer’s gonna lose their job over this.”

Al quickly fired back: “Well ‘some producer’ didn’t make you wear one size too small.”

The hosts, instructor, and camera crew cracked up laughing as Craig pleaded: “Let’s move on to the upper body. How about we move on to the upper body.”

As Craig got to his feet, he laughing told Al: “You are such a jerk.”

At the end of the workout, Craig told Vicky: “I want to formally apologize for my friend Al.”

‘OWN IT’

Last week, Al jumped in to defend his fellow Today Show host after Craig Melvin rolled his eyes at a joke said on-air.

The recent episode of Today showed host Savannah Guthrie, 51, learning a new summer recipe during its Today Food segment.

Author Alison Roman was featured in the episode as she showed Savannah how to make the perfect summer shortcake.

After mixing the ingredients into a bowl, Alison brought the dough onto a cutting board and started to knead it with her hands.

“You don’t want to over knead,” Alison explained, to which Savannah punned: “Don’t be kneady!”

“That’s my joke,” Alison responded back as Savannah looked over to her co-hosts sitting at an adjacent table.

The camera panned to show co-hosts Craig, Al, Hoda Kotb, 58, and Carson Daly, 50, all enjoying plates of food in front of them.

“Craig is rolling his eyes at me, and I don’t blame you,” Savannah said.

Al, who was seen rocking a fedora and blue suit at the end of the table, stepped in to defend Savannah.

“You own it,” he exclaimed.

Savannah thanked Al before continuing on in the segment.

BACK IN ACTION

Around the same time, Craig revealed the real reason he has not been seen on the popular morning show.

The Today star was once again not at his usual spot on Friday morning just days after he had returned to work.

After first being gone from Thursday’s episode of Today, the 44-year-old took to his Instagram Stories to give a hint of what he was up to instead.

Craig re-shared photos of his time at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Alabama for the NBCU Academy.

In the snaps, the TV personality is speaking with the audience alongside NBC News president, Rebecca Blumenstein, and executive vice president, Libby Leist.

Craig and fellow NBC star Sheinelle were both missing from Thursday and Friday’s episodes of Today, as Jacob Soboroff, 40, stepped up and filled in for the duo.

On Friday morning, Jacob discussed various topics at hand with Dylan Dreyer and Al while Craig and Sheinelle were gone for the day.

Craig’s absence comes days after he returned to the morning program on Wednesday, and after he took some time off in July for a family vacation.

Last month, viewers learned what Craig had been up to during his absence as he shared details alongside Al and Vicky Nguyen.

“It’s good to be back,” Craig told Al at the time, 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.

The dad-of-two also shared that he played golf with his dad and said his wife, Lindsay Czarniak, organized a family tennis outing with the other members of his clan.

“It was great, but it was like 95 degrees,” Craig revealed.

It appears that the family was at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina as Lindsay had shared a video of her and her loved ones watching the sunset and sunrise on the beach.

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The segment began with Craig and co-host Sheinell Jones lying across yoga mats while Al and show guest Vicky Justiz were seated on the couch behind themCredit: NBC

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Craig revealed he did like his head placement, which was right in between Al’s legsCredit: NBC

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Last week, Craig revealed the real reason he has not been seen on the popular morning show