Savannah Guthrie is aware of the In the present day present dressing rooms may use an replace. ET’s Rachel Smith spoke to Guthrie at her guide launch celebration for Largely What God Does on Wednesday, the identical month that the morning present’s backstage space got here into the highlight after an alleged incident with Kelly Rowland.
“We need a remodel. We need Extreme Makeover: Today Show Dressing Room Edition,” Guthrie quipped to ET. “We are in a historic studio, 1A. It’s the same studio that has been used for decades. It’s incredible and it’s iconic, but it’s old… You get the good with the bad… If you want history, sometimes you’re gonna have a few little chips of paint coming off the wall.”
“We try to do our best,” she continued. “Hopefully, the main thing is how people feel and the reception that they get, a warm hug from all of us on the show, ’cause we’re really grateful for them coming.”
The dressing room drama began when reviews surfaced that Rowland walked off the In the present day present set forward of her visitor co-hosting duties as a result of she was sad with the dressing room the present supplied her.
Afterwards, Hoda Kotb, with whom Rowland was speculated to host, mentioned that she has “great love and admiration” for Rowland and provided to share her personal dressing room with the singer if she returned.
Shortly thereafter, Rowland’s rep informed ET, “After 28 years of knowing her, Kelly Rowland remains one of the kindest, most amiable humans I have ever met and have had the blessing to represent.”
ET’s chat with Guthrie got here through the launch of her guide, Largely What God Does, the discharge of which she credited partly to her In the present day present colleagues.
“Jenna [Bush Hager] and Hoda were both incredibly inspirational and encouraging,” Guthrie gushed. “Jenna’s written a bunch of books. She knows the business. She knows the inside and out, and she gave me some ideas at how to jumpstart writing and thinking.”
“Hoda was such a cheerleader. She really had my back. I would send my essays half-written to Hoda and she would say, ‘Keep going, keep going, you can do this,'” she continued. “I needed that push because I was afraid to be so personal, but also I wasn’t sure I had a book. I didn’t know I had anything worthy to say. Hoda was saying, ‘Yes, you do. Yes you do. You will.’ It’s happening and I could not have done it without her.”
Guthrie famous that “we all need people like that.” Along with Hager and Kotb, Guthrie counts her husband, Michael Feldman, and their youngsters in that group.
“Everybody has really supported me,” she mentioned. “I’m so grateful to be here. I never thought I would write a book at all, let alone about faith, but here we are. I’m happy in this moment and grateful.”
As for what she hopes folks take away from her guide, Guthrie mentioned, “People want to hear that they’re loved, and I think that’s what this really speaks to more than anything else.”
Guthrie’s guide, Largely What God Does, is out now.
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