Kelly Rowland Allegedly Walked Off "Today Show" Due To Small Dressing Room

BYGabriel Bras Nevares4.0K Views
Link Copied to Clipboard!
Netflix's "Mea Culpa" New York Premiere
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 15: Kelly Rowland attends the Netflix's "Mea Culpa" New York Premiere at Paris Theater on February 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage/Getty Images)
These are all just rumors at this point, as the former Destiny's Child star was apparently meant to co-host the program and promote her film.

Kelly Rowland's new movie Mea Culpa comes out soon, and according to a new Page Six report, The Today Show with Hoda Kotb invited her as co-host on Thursday (February 15). She showed up for the 8AM local time slot, mostly for just a brief conversation about the movie, but she was apparently supposed to appear at 10AM as well to be a co-host for the hour. However, an allegedly close source to the program reportedly told the publication that the Destiny's Child legend and her team supposedly left before the second part of this press run could manifest. The reason? Apparently, it was too small of a dressing room.

"Kelly and her team were not happy," the alleged source remarked. "They 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." Furthermore, it seems like Kelly Rowland and her crew asked for other rooms, but Jennifer Lopez was already in the big green room. She had her own media to promote, and when they couldn't find other rooms, the team just left and caused a lot of confusion for the show producers.

Kelly Rowland Allegedly Leaves The Today Show Due To Small Dressing Room

"She’s beloved at Today," another alleged source shared about the situation. "She was getting the full hour, and Hoda’s the biggest hype woman on the planet! It made no sense." Whatever happened here, it's unclear whether Kelly Rowland will elaborate on the situation further or if this will stay a rumor mill mystery. Either way, we know that she's not opposed to speaking her mind and setting the record straight. After Jay-Z's Grammys speech, calling the Recording Academy out for not giving his wife Beyoncé her proper flowers, the 43-year-old praised him as "one of the greatest men she knows."

Meanwhile, what do you think about this whole debacle? Do you think it'll inspire a similar conversation around Black entertainers' treatment that Taraji P. Henson provoked recently? Whatever the case, let us know in the comments section down below. In addition, stay logged into HNHH for the latest news and updates on Kelly Rowland.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
...