Kelly Rowland’s Today Show Vanishing Act: Why Did She Really Bail on Hoda Kotb?

When it comes to dressing room standards, Kelly Rowland is determined to control her own destiny.

Sources confirm to TVLine that the singer-actress — who on Thursday was slated to fill in for Jenna Bush Hager as guest host of the Today show’s 10 am hour, alongside Hoda Kotb — bailed on NBC’s AM staple at the last minute because she was displeased with her assigned dressing room. (Kotb has addressed Rowland’s walkout, which you can see here.)

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According to the New York Post, which first reported news of Rowland’s abrupt exit, Today with Hoda & Jenna staffers offered the Destiny’s Child vet several other options, including “multiple talent dressing rooms and some much larger utility makeup and hair areas,” to no avail.

“They didn’t want that,” an insider told the paper of Rowland and her team. “So they walked.”

Rowland’s 11th hour departure — which came after she appeared during Today‘s 8 am hour to promote her starring role in Netflix’s Tyler Perry-produced Netflix pic Mea Culpa — reportedly left Kotb “scurrying” to find a replacement.

Ultimately, singer Rita Ora stepped in to fill the void.

An NBC spokesperson declined to comment for this story, while Rowland’s rep could not be reached for comment.

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