NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: 'Today' host Craig Melvin brings a wealth of knowledge, journalistic expertise, and quick wit to the newscast, making him a valuable and interesting host. But that doesn't do him justice when he quits in the middle of a segment, especially when he's filling in for a beloved co-host. Recently, Craig abruptly left the morning show in the middle of it and the host offered no explanation.
On the 'Today' show Thursday, June 8 broadcast, host Craig Melvin was missing after airing a segment about Donald Trump at the beginning of the show. However, he was missing while reporting live with co-host Hoda Kotb, who was accompanied by Savannah Guthrie from Paris. Guthrie, 51, is in Paris to cover the 2024 Summer Olympics, and her absence was covered by Melvin. Earlier this month, Melvin had his embarrassing moments on live TV, but that didn't stop him from adding more to the list.
Craig Melvin's mysterious disappearance
During a recent episode, ‘Today’ host and journalist Craig Melvin abandoned his duties in the middle while he was filling in for beloved co-host Savannah Guthrie. Guthrie has been reporting live from Paris as she’s covering the 2024 Summers Olympics, but her segment is conducted by Melvin till her return. Though she’s still covering some part of her segment from Paris and chatting with Hoda Kotb and Melvin at the beginning of the show, just to let them give heads up about her coverage of the day. But, Melvin, 44, was seemingly disappearing several times throughout the broadcast and he didn’t leave any explanation for that. He was first reported in-studio where he talked about a possible indictment for former President Donald Trump. However, later he was nowhere to be seen on the set. He also didn’t appear on the PopStart entertainment segment alongside co-hosts Hoda, Carson Daly, and Al Roker. There are no explanations whatsoever for his sudden disappearance from one moment to the next. Besides, when a host fills in, they’re present for the majority of the episode, but that wasn’t the case with Melvin.
‘That was creepy’
Meanwhile, Al Roker seems to be having fun after his return as he teases his co-hosts on live TV. On Tuesday’s broadcast, Al scared the sh*t out of Melvin on ‘3rd Hour Today.’ The hosts were displaying a few gift ideas for Father’s Day. While Melvin was testing a pair of smart goggles, Al took his chance and silently stood right in front of him. They were joined by co-host Sheinelle Jones, who also played her part in Al’s mocking when she asked Melvin, “Can you not see through it?”
Melvin thought that she was simply asking questions about the device and replied, “No! You can’t see through it.” Right after, Jones asked him to take off the device and as he did, he was startled to show Al’s face right in front of his eyes. He screamed and stumbled backward adding, “That was creepy.” Al laughed and exclaimed, “I come this close to cussing on live television once a week because of you!”
