Rita Ora confirms she was asked to co-host the ‘Today’ show at the last minute after Kelly Rowland left the set.

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By Eileen Reslen

Rita Ora confirmed that she was asked to fill in as a guest co-host on “Today” at the last minute after Page Six exclusively revealed that the morning show’s producers were left in a bind after Kelly Rowland left.

“Well, this happened!” the “Ritual” singer, 33, subtitled on Instagram On Friday, a slideshow of photos and videos in which she co-hosts Hoda Kotb.

“We had two minutes to prepare ahhh, thank you @hodaandjenna for asking me to co-host the show…”

Ora then kindly praised the “Today” show staff, adding, “Everyone was so lovely and kind, I had a lot of fun doing it! 💗💗💗 Love to everyone who tuned in, maybe we should do more??!!!”

Kotb, for his part, took his Instagram Friday to praise the “Praising You” singer after co-hosting.

“We showed up, and it will happen @ritaora ❤️,” the journalist, 59, captioned a slideshow of their episode together. “What a talent!”

Although everything seemed to work out well in the end, Page Six previously learned that there had actually been a lot of craziness going on behind the scenes early Thursday morning when Rowland allegedly walked off the set when the show’s dressing rooms were not up to par. .

“Kelly and his team were not happy,” a source said Friday. “They didn’t like the dressing room, so they decided to remove her from the show, leaving (Kotb) without a guest host during 10 am.”

We’re also told that producers went around the building to find the Destiny’s Child member a more suitable space for her and her crew, leaving them playing “musical dressing room.”

However, when none of the rooms supposedly met Rowland’s standards, Kotb and the “Today” show colleagues were left searching high and low for a replacement; They finally landed on Ora, who was already booked as a guest, and told us that she “showed up voluntarily.” .”

A source told Page Six of Rowland’s abrupt exit: “She is beloved at ‘Today.’ She was getting the full hour and Hoda is the most over the top woman on the planet! It did not make sense”.

The star of “Mea Culpa”, who appeared on “Today” first on Thursday to promote his Netflix movie, he did not address the ordeal and his representatives had no comment.