Hoda Kotb‘A’s quick thinking saved her from a wardrobe malfunction during filming Today in Paris! On Tuesday, the daytime show host shared a video on his Instagram pagewith a caption explaining that “there was nothing a stapler couldn’t fix!”
In the video, the 59-year-old holds up the sides of her yellow dress while a crew member — identified in the post’s caption as Kaitlin Vickery — uses a stapler to secure the sides.
“Done,” Kotb says as she moves the dress’s belt to cover the temporary repair and gives Kaitlin a high five for her assistance. “Kaitlin to the rescue!”
O Today the crew is in Paris for the Paris 2024 Olympicsduring which Kotb is having a great time.
Despite Olympics Opening Ceremony happened on Friday, the spectacle that left Kotb speechless was the meeting Tom Cruise62. Kotb took to Instagram to shares an iconic selfie she took with Cruise in the torrential rain of Paris.
“You know when you dream about meeting Tom Cruise… And then it finally happens,” she captioned a very wet photo of the two.
In the photo, Kotb beams with excitement as she stands next to Cruise. She wears a poncho that exposes just a circle of her smiling face, while the actor with wet hair wears all black.
Cruise and Kotb just happened to meet on a bridge over the Seine, Today crews on site told the vehicle.
Kotb was also present to testify Celine Dion inspiring performance at the opening ceremonyhis first performance since interrupting his world tour and stepping away from public life after revealing his diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome in December 2022. She performed Edith Piaf’s famous work, “Hymne à L’Amour” (The Hymn to Love), with the help of a full orchestra. The French ballad was written for the love of Piaf’s life, boxer Marcel Cerdan, who died in a plane crash just a month after its first performance.
Last month, Kotb sat down with the 56-year-old global superstar to discuss her health battle with Stiff Person Syndrome and her future as she faces her medical challenges.
“First of all, she’s an incredible fighter. I had no idea what she had been through, how close she came at one point to actually not surviving,” Kotb shared about Dion in Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “And now here she is, and she’s singing again.”
Kotb teased after the interview that Dion had plans to return to the stage for a live performance. When asked by a questioner whether such an appearance could occur during the Paris Olympics, Kotb admitted she was not sure, but said she thought it would be “spectacular.”
“That would be amazing, but I don’t know,” Kotb said at the time. “I know she’ll perform live again, though. I don’t know where.”
When Dion returned to the stage for the first time in years at the Olympics, she looked stunning in a crystal-studded ensemble. Her show-stopping performance was a full-circle moment that was nearly 30 years in the making, when Dion opened the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, with a performance of her song “The Power of the Dream.”
After her performance, Dion took to social media to celebrate the milestone moment.
“I am honored to have performed tonight at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony and so happy to be back in one of my favorite cities! Most of all, I am so excited to celebrate these incredible athletes, with all their stories of sacrifice and determination, pain and perseverance,” she wrote. “You have all been so focused on your dreams, and whether or not you take home a medal, I hope being here means that it has come true for you! You should all be so proud, we know how hard you have worked to be the best of the best. Stay focused, keep going, my heart goes out to you!”
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