Megyn Kelly Who? NBC's 'Today Show' Third Hour Awkwardly Soldiers On
Al Roker returned Monday morning to the third hour of the Today show, for which hed been a cohost for five yearsunder the title Todays Takeuntil he was rudely interrupted last year by an interloper from Fox News.
Far from his frequent role as Todays class clown, he wore a grim expression and a somber three-piece suitappropriate to a moment when Americans are coping with the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, a maniacs slaughter of 11 congregants at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
On this third hourwhich was otherwise untitled but, until last Friday, was known as Megyn Kelly TodayRoker and his cohosts, Craig Melvin and Jenna Bush Hager, sat together on a sofa for two tearful segments featuring a father and his daughter who performed CPR to save his life from a cardiac arrest, along with the emergency dispatcher who talked her through it over the phone, and the deputy sheriff who rushed to help.
It literally is a perfect story for a day like today, Al Roker told the guests at the end of the segment. Thank you for helping us see the good out there.
It was six days after the career-ending controversy over a blurted defense of Halloween blackfaceactually the last straw of a series of unfortunate events involving Kellys showand Roker didnt utter the words Megyn or Kelly; neither did his co-hosts.
Kelly is now a non-person at NBC News: she whose name, like Voldemorts, shall not be spoken.
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I'm sure they'll manage just fine.