All of Hoda Kotb’s Wardrobe Malfunctions on ‘Today’ After Olympics Dress Rips

Clever Fix

After a busy day of Paris Olympics coverage, Hoda’s lovely yellow sleeveless dress tore down the side. There was no time for a change of clothing or a sewing fix, so an assistant used a stapler to seal the rip shut, and Hoda moved her wrap-around belt up to cover the wardrobe malfunction. She was later seen cheering on Team USA’s women’s gymnastics team as they won the gold medal while wearing a gray sweater to cover up her damaged frock.

Ill-Fitting Rain Poncho

Hoda had a life goal moment running into Tom Cruise at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on July 26, 2024. However, her selfie with the movie superstar didn’t turn out to be what she’d hoped for, as the poncho protecting her hair and clothing from the rainy night ended up covering part of the broadcaster’s face.

“Do you know when you dream of meeting Tom Cruise … And then it finally happens,” she joked in the caption of the Instagram photo, showing a wet Tom still looking like a hunk while Hoda’s face was partially obscured.

Annoying Undergarments

Hoda kept squirming and fidgeting with her bra underneath a festive red dress during Today With Hoda & Jenna‘s July 4, 2024, episode.

“The bra’s not working. The outfit doesn’t work. The bra’s too big, the straps are too small. I can’t do it. You know when you wear a dress that you shouldn’t wear it,” she told Jenna Bush Hager.

Hoda’s bra kept popping out from underneath the deep straps and she kept trying to tuck it back in. She finally gave up and said she wouldn’t be wearing the garment again unless it was paired with a jacket over it.

Stubborn Security Tag

During the fourth hour of Today on May 6, 2024, Hoda’s cohost Jenna pointed out a wardrobe malfunction on live TV.

“OK, so you’re sitting with your friend. You’re hosting a television show as some do. And you look down and you notice that your friend has something on her pants, and you wonder, ‘Shall I tell her quietly? Or should I just scream it to the world?’” Jenna wondered aloud.

“Hoda, it seems as though you either stole those pants or they forgot to take off the security tag,” the former first daughter added.

Jenna’s partner was well aware of the tag and said she and her team tried to remove it to no avail.

“We tried to pry it off with pliers, etc. and it doesn’t work,” Hoda shared. “I will have you know that I went through the 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. [hours of Today] without anyone noticing.”

Hair Hell

Unfortunately, viewers weren’t able to see Hoda’s hair disaster where she ended up with “Bozo” orange locks following a treatment gone wrong, but they did hear about it.

The host appeared on the December 21, 2021, fourth hour of Today with noticeably darker locks instead of her usual dark honey blonde look.

“My whole family’s coming today so I decided I wanted to do that keratin treatment I like to do. It just takes the frizz out so I’m like ‘I’ll do that early, I’m gonna be on it,'” Hoda told guest cohost Sheinelle Jones.

Since her salon was closed, a stylist came to her home. After the three-hour process was done, “I got up and it was like fire engine orange,” Hoda said, adding she looked like an “orange Q-tip.” However, she didn’t blame her “amazing” stylist and said, “I think it was something funky with the chemicals.”

Hoda arrived early to Rockefeller Center on the morning of the telecast, revealing she got there at 3:15 a.m. for the show’s stylist to help with the hair color dilemma. “She just started putting stuff on it and it’s dark brown now, so that’s the way it is. So there,” Hoda said of her new dark tresses.