During an appearance on the “Today” show, actor Richard Gere gave “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie the finger in the middle of a live broadcast.
Thankfully, the move wasn’t malice. Instead it was showcasing something he’s pulling off in a new TV role.
Immediately after Gere flipping the bird, Guthrie appeared shocked at Gere and asked, “What did you just [do]?” as she attempted to cover his middle finger with her stack of papers.
“Oh sorry… but that’s what I did in the piece,” Gere referred to his television scene in his upcoming show, “The Agency.”
“You just did an obscene gesture on this family morning show,” Guthrie responded.
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Gere continued to playfully move around his hand and appeared to tease the morning show host, as she attempted to cover his every movement.
“I didn’t realize I was on camera,” Gere added. “I’m bleeping you,” she chimed in.
“I don’t know what’s happening,” she remarked, as she explained they had to cut out the scene where Gere gave the middle finger in their clip from the show. “But then you did it live.”
Unfortunately, this was the second time this week that a guest of the “Today” show did something this shocking.
Guthrie pointed out to Gere that that Cher dropped an F-bomb on their live show yesterday and now the show had to handle Gere’s “obscene gesture.”
While Cher explained a story in her book earlier this week, “Cher: The Memoir: Part One,” she shared advice Lucille Ball once gave her about divorcing Sonny Bono, but warned host Hoda Kotb she “can’t say” the word on live television.
“Today” host Hota Kotb told Cher, “We’ll bleep it,” the “Turn Back Time” singer shared, “So, she said, ‘F— it, you’re the one with the talent.’”