Savannah Guthrie defends Kelly Rowland over ‘Today’ show dressing room debacle
nypost.comToday!Long-time “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie seemed to agree with Kelly Rowland that the dressing rooms at the NBC news program might need an upgrade. “We need a remodel.
We need ‘Extreme Makeover: Today Show Dressing Room Edition,'” Guthrie, 52, told “Entertainment Tonight” Wednesday while at the release party for her new book, “Mostly What God Does.” “We are in a historic studio, 1A.
It’s the same studio that has been used for decades,” Guthrie quipped. “It’s incredible and it’s iconic, but it’s old.” “You get the good with the bad,” she continued. “If you want history, sometimes you’re gonna have a few little chips of paint coming off the wall.”According to the news anchor: ‘[We] try to do our best.”“Hopefully, the main thing is how people feel and the reception that they get,” she added. “A warm hug from all of us on the show, ’cause we’re really grateful for them coming.”Guthrie’s comments come nearly a week after Rowland, 43, reportedly walked out on her co-hosting gig with Hoda Kotb after she complained that her dressing rooms “weren’t up to par.”“Kelly and her team were not happy,” a source close to the incident told Page Six. “They did not like the dressing room, so they decided to pull her off the show, leaving Hoda without a guest host for the 10 a.m.
hour.”The source said that the actress insisted on playing a game of “musical dressing rooms” before asking to be placed on another floor.
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