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Hoda Kotb broke her silence amid reports Kelly Rowland walked off her co-hosting gig on Today over dressing room issues.

The 59-year-old host extended another invitation to the Destiny’s Child singer, 43, during Tuesday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, stating that she is always welcome back on set. 

‘I just wanna 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 explained. 

‘She can share my dressing room — we’ll be in it together!’ the TV presenter quipped. 

Hoda’s longtime co-host Jenna Bush Hager, who had scheduled a day off last Thursday when Kelly was expected to step in, concurred, saying the star is ‘welcome anytime’ because ‘she’s the best.’

Hoda Kotb broke…

Rita Ora was at the right place at the right time to snag a Today co-hosting gig last week!

On Thursday, the daytime series was in a frenzy after Kelly Rowland reportedly walked off set just minutes ahead of the ten o’clock hour with Hoda Kotb. Since Hoda’s regular co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager was out, the Destiny’s Child star — who’d been a guest during the eight o’clock hour — was supposed to guest host the full show. But there was some big kerfuffle over dressing rooms, and she bailed. That caused the production team to scrabble and tap the British artist for the role at the very last minute! And now Rita’s opening up about it!!

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Rita Ora has seemingly confirmed stepping in for Kelly Rowland during a recent appearance on the ‘Today’ show.

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Here’s What Rita Ora Said

On Friday, February 16, Ora took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a photo message with fans. In the caption, she shared her excitement over co-hosting ‘TODAY with Hoda and Jenna’ on Thursday.

Additionally, the singer thanked the show’s staff for being “so lovely and kind” while explaining that they had “two minutes to prepare.”

Well, this happened! We had two minutes to prepare ahhh, thank you @HodaAndJenna

for asking me to co-host the show… Everyone…

Rita Ora confirmed she was asked to fill in as a guest co-host on “Today” last minute after Page Six exclusively revealed the morning show’s producers were left scrambling after Kelly Rowland walked off.

“Well, this happened!” the “Ritual” singer, 33, captioned on Instagram Friday a slideshow of photos and videos featuring her co-hosting alongside Hoda Kotb.

“We had two minutes to prepare ahhh, thank you @hodaandjenna for asking me to co-host the show…”