Kelly Rowland opened up about that viral “text message” that she certainly didn’t send to Nelly in their “Dilemma” music video.
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stormed out of her co-hosting gig last week after not receiving an adequate dressing room. “I just want to 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,” Kotb, 59, said during Tuesday’s episode of “Today With Hoda and Jenna.”Jenna Bush Hager, who was taking the day off when the incident occurred, replied that Rowland, 43, is “welcome anytime.”She added: “She’s the best.”“Of course she is, of course she is!” Kotb interjected. “She can share my dressing room, we’ll be in it together.”“But anyway, I just want to say we love her, we’ve loved her on this show for many, many years.”Bush Hager, 42, recalled that both hosts begged the former Destiny’s Child member to “please host with us” one day after interviewing her for the first time.
Rowland’s abrupt exit because she claimed the dressing rooms “weren’t up to par” reportedly left Kotb scrambling to find someone to co-anchor with her. “Kelly and her team were not happy,” a source close to the incident told Page Six.
“They did not like the dressing room, so they decided to pull her off the show, leaving Hoda without a guest host for the 10 a.m. hour.”The actress and her team reportedly played “musical dressing rooms” before inquiring about a dressing room on a different floor.
However, it was already occupied by Jennifer Lopez.According to the source, the show offered Rowland several other options, including multiple talent dressing rooms and larger utility makeup and hair areas.“They didn’t want that. [The show] basically offered up as much as possible, but they weren’t happy with it, so they walked and they left,” the insider said.Despite the last-minute exit,
.Kelly Rowland opened up about that viral “text message” that she certainly didn’t send to Nelly in their “Dilemma” music video.
dilemma. Kelly Rowland is finally dishing on the “flack” she’s received after trying to send Nelly a text message via Microsoft Excel in the 2002 music video for “Dilemma.” “Do you know how much flack I get from that?” Rowland, 43, said during an appearance on Mystical Kitchen’s “Last Meal” series after being introduced as “the only person in history to successfully send a text message via Microsoft Excel” by the show’s host Josh Scherer.“I’m so used to it now,” the former Destiny’s Child singer added. The viral scene shows Rowland attempting to text Nelly, born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., “Where you at? Holla when you get this,” on the Microsoft spreadsheet editor — and then getting annoyed when he doesn’t respond.
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