Today Show Shake-Up Alert! Today Show Shake-Up Alert!
Maybe.
About a week after rumors first surfaced that Natalie Morales was feuding with Tamron Hall and was unhappy with her role on the NBC morning program, insiders tell Us Weekly that both Morales and Willie Geist have been fired from Today.
Morales is already in negotiations with ABC, the tabloid adds, while Geist has lined up a gig at CBS.
HOWEVER, in a memo obtained by Us Weekly, NBC News’ Deborah Turness writes that General Manager Jamie Horowitz was simply “not the right fit” and has also been let go from his job, which he only held for two months.
Horowitz was allegedly the executive in favor of removing Morales and Geist from their posts and, with him now gone (for certain), it remains unclear whether Today will go through with his proposed anchor change.
A source says there are other ideas “floating around” as well, including demoting Hall back to MSNBC and adding Good Morning America alum Josh Elliott as a newsreader on Today.
“An executive went rogue and got fired for suggesting crazy ideas no one agreed with,” an insider says of Horowitz, explaining that Morales and Geist aren’t going anywhere.
And a Today Show rep echoes this sentiment, saying via statement:
“We have a strong anchor team we want here for a long time.”
