Rita Ora confirms that she was asked last minute to be a guest co-host on the Today Show after Kelly Rowland stormed cancels. Image via IG (@ritaora)
Rita Ora confirms ‘Today Show’ gig after Kelly Rowland storms out
Rita Ora confirms that she was asked last minute to be a guest co-host on the Today Show after Kelly Rowland stormed cancels.
Rita Ora confirms that she was asked last minute to be a guest co-host on the Today Show after Kelly Rowland stormed cancels. Image via IG (@ritaora)
British singer Rita Ora confirmed that she was asked to be a guest co-host on the Today Show last minute after it was revealed that Kelly Rowland walked stormed out following issues with her dressing room.
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RITA ORA REPLACES KELLY ROWLAND
In a post to Instagram, Rita Ora shared how she had two minutes to prepare for her gig as guest co-host on the Today Show.
“Well, this happened!” the singer captioned her post Instagram post on Friday, 16 February. In the post Rita shared a series of photos and videos featuring her co-host Hoda Kotb. She also gave fans some behind the scenes content from the day.
Rita also extended her gratitude to the Hoda and Jena show for giving her the opportunity to co-host the show.
“We had two minutes to prepare ahhh, thank you @hodaandjenna for asking me to co-host the show…”, Rita shared.
Rita Ora continued: “Everyone was so lovely and kind, I had SO much fun doing it!! 💗💗💗 Love to everyone that tuned in, maybe we should do more??!!!”.
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‘THEY DIDN’T LIKE THE ROOM SHE WAS IN’
Rita Ora as a last-minute replacement comes after media outlet Page Six reported that singer Kelly Rowland who was a guest on the morning show, was also expected to fill in for Jenna Bush Hager on the Today with Hoda & Jenna show.
Sources told the media outlet that the R&B star stormed out in the last minute because her dressing room wasn’t up to par, and as a result she left Hoda Kotb scurrying to find a replacement.
“Kelly and her team were not happy. They did not like the dressing room, so they decided to pull her off the show, leaving [Kotb] without a guest host for the 10 a.m. hour”, the source noted.
Kelly’s team reportedly inquired about a green room upstairs because “they didn’t like the one she was in”.
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