Hoda Kotb addresses Kelly Rowland walking out of Today show

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Hoda Kotb has shared a message to Kelly Rowland after the latter pulled out of co-hosting NBC’s Today with Hoda & Jenna final week as a result of her dressing room was apparently “not up to par”.

After the “Motivation” singer’s transient look throughout the community’s 8am morning broadcast to advertise her new Netflix film, Mea Culpa, Rowland, 43, was scheduled to co-host NBC’s Tenth-hour show with Kotb.

However, in keeping with PageSix, sources stated that Rowland and her staff “did not like the dressing room, so they decided to pull her off the show, leaving [Kotb] without a guest host for the 10am hour”.

It’s been every week because the supposed incident, and Kotb has lastly addressed it on-air.

“I just want to say this: I have great love and admiration for Kelly Rowland. I adore her, and I want her to come back on our show, and I want her to host again,” she stated on Tuesday’s (20 February) episode of the discuss show.

Her co-host Jenna Hager agreed, saying that Rowland is “welcome anytime. She’s the best”.

“Of course she is, of course she is! She can share my dressing room. We’ll be in it together!” Kotb added, showing to reference the reported dressing room drama. “But anyway, I just want to say we love her. We’ve loved her on this show for many, many years.”

Rowlands consultant didn’t instantly reply to The Independent’s request for remark.

Following Rowland’s last-minute walkout, singer Rita Ora stepped in and joined Kotb.

Throughout the hour, Kotb and Ora made quite a few references to how Ora had solely discovered out minutes earlier than airtime that she can be filling in.

Ora had initially been there to advertise the forthcoming season of The Masked Singer.

It was introduced final month that the “Let You Love Me” singer can be changing Nicole Scherzinger on the truth singing collection’ judging panel. She might be becoming a member of returning panelists Robin Thicke, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg.