TODAY’S Al Roker and Carson Daly have been replaced on Friday’s edition of the show, with Savannah Guthrie shining some light on their whereabouts.
It was first revealed that Al was missing during his weather segment early on, with a replacement standing in for him.
After Friday’s episode of the Today Show had been on for a while, Savannah threw the show over to the weather segment.
“Al’s off, so Mr. Bill Karins is with us,” she announced, welcoming the NBC News meteorologist to do the weather for the day.
She did not elaborate on where Al, 69, was for the day at that time though, simply that he was off.
Later on in the broadcast after another weather forecast before Today had ended, it was time to acknowledge where Carson, 50, had been as well.
It was time for POPStart, which Carson normally hosts
“Carson’s got some time off,” Savannah, 52, announced before Sheinelle Jones replied.
“Well-deserved time off,” Sheinelle, 45, said.
No one explained anything further about Carson’s absence, however.
It seems the two anchors simply needed a day off and Friday was the day they both chose to take it.
Today’s Al Roker and Craig Melvin ‘flirt’ with 90s actress and ruthlessly fight for her affection in unhinged moment
ARE THEY AL-RIGHT?
Recently, Al and co-host Craig Melvin seemed to flirt with a ’90s actress on Today.
They fought for her attention during an unhinged moment.
Amy Yasbeck sat down with Al, 69, Craig, 44, and Sheinelle Jones during the Third Hour of Today.
She is best known for her roles in Wings and Splash, Too.
However, Amy, 61, appeared on the morning show on Wednesday to talk about heart health.
Her husband was John Ritter, who died in 2003, from an aortic dissection.
She talked about what to look out for and how she started the John Ritter Foundation after his death at 54.
Despite Amy being on Today for a serious topic, she also added a little fun to her conversation.
FLIRTY FUN
When Amy had the hosts repeat JohnRitterFoundation.org, she said it felt good to hear someone say it because she talks about it all day.
Craig laughed and Amy told him to stop it.
“Stop acting like I didn’t blow you a kiss right before this, Craig,” she said.
The host laughed as the actress continued on with the topic.
At the end of the conversation, Al said, “Before we let you go….”
“Don’t ever let me go,” Amy responded.
“I tried to tell you that when you interviewed us at the Thanksgiving Day Parade when John was the voice of Clifford.”
She joked, “You don’t write. You don’t call.”
As Al said that he was going to make up for it, Amy grabbed Craig’s hand and said, “It’s OK. I’ve got a new friend.”
Craig cracked up as Al said, “Wow. That was quick.”
“She went younger. She just went younger,” Craig defended himself.
“I know she did, but not better,” Al clapped back.
However, Craig didn’t seem phased by the comment as he and Sheinelle, 45, laughed.
Al has been married to Deborah Roberts since 1995.
AL’S ROGUE COMMENT
“Don’t go back when you can go sideways,” Amy said.
“I made a latter move.”
“Wow. I feel like I’ve got a threesome going,” Al made a rogue comment.
Amy looked off to the side, pretending to not be involved in the conversation as Craig asked Al what his last question was.
After Al’s last question, Craig gave the outro and Amy got the meteorologist’s attention.
“Al,” she said, as he looked over to her.
She put her fingers up to her ear in the shape of a phone and mouthed, “Call me,” which caused the hosts to laugh once again.
