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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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Taking to her Instagram on Friday, the For You singer confirmed she…

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…”

Rita Ora didn’t just style her hair before co-hosting the fourth hour of TODAY on Feb. 15 — she chopped most of it off!

The “Don’t Think Twice” singer, 33, revealed that she got a dramatic haircut at 7 a.m., just hours before she co-hosted TODAY with Hoda & Jenna.

“I just wanted a fresh start,” she explained to Hoda Kotb on the show.

She shared details of the chat she had with her hairstylist, Dimitris Giannetos, before making the big cut.

“He was like, let’s just chop it off, and then we put some color in it, and now we’re here,” she said.

Ora shared photos of her new, layered bob on Instagram, and it’s stunning.

“Sometimes you (gotta) cut out the things in life that don’t serve you,” Ora wrote in the caption, adding the hashtag #newchop.