A scary incident allegedly unfolded at the Today show this morning (July 16) at around 9 am ET.
TMZ is reporting that “a stranger breached security and stormed inside the building from the plaza before allegedly lunging at NBC host Craig Melvin.”
This unidentified person was said to initially been asking about Al Roker.
When Al could not be located, this person supposedly “turned his attention to confront Craig in a restricted area and allegedly lunged at him,” all while allegedly yelling a racial slur.
The intruder was arrested, and apparently had somehow made it to a backstage area of the NBC morning show.
What is even more stunning is that, about 15 minutes after this happened, both Al and Craig were seemingly back on the air. They did not mention what happened on the air.
We have reached out to the Today show about this story. Stay tuned.
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