Richard Gere
Joshua Summer/Getty Images for ZFFRichard Gere But because of another wild moment today Just show up a day later. Cher The F-bomb was broadcast live.
The 75-year-old sat down with Ger. Savannah Guthrie To talk about his new TV show, AgencyWednesday, November 20, episode of today. After airing a clip from the series, the camera panned back to show Gere giving Guthrie, 52, the middle finger. “Oh, you didn’t show it,” he said, holding up his hand.
Guthrie responded quickly, patting Gear’s hand with his interview notes. “Oh, sorry. But that’s what I did in that piece,” she said, to which he replied, “You just made an obscene gesture on that family morning show. I’m giving you blood.”
Guthrie quoted with Cher’s moment. Hoda Kotb the day before. “You know, Cher was here doing the F-bomb yesterday, so I don’t know what’s going on,” he quipped.
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Gere, meanwhile, defended his action by calling the show clip “makes no sense” without showing his character giving the middle finger. Keeping the interview light-hearted, Guthrie gets back on track by asking Gere questions about his new project.
The actor’s hand gesture was not censored during Wednesday morning’s NBC broadcast but has since been blurred out in clips online.
Kotb, 60, had a similar reaction when Cher swore at the advice he received Lucille Ball About breaking up with your ex-husband Sonny Bono During their Tuesday, November 19, conversation.
Savannah Guthrie and Richard Gere
YouTube/TodayReferring to Ball’s famous split ex-husband. Desi ArnazCher said: “I said, ‘Lucy, I’m calling you because, to my knowledge, this has never happened. [public breakup like mine] Besides you and so on, he said, ‘F— him. You are the one with the talent.”
Kotb, who allowed Cher to share the story despite its graphic language, laughed when he realized the F-word hadn’t been edited out of the broadcast. “We didn’t have seven seconds, but we’ll get it for the next feed,” he said, to which Cher replied: “Well, you said I could!”
Like Guthrie, Kotb noted that he “should have bleeped it himself” before continuing his conversation. Cher’s comments were later retweeted in online uploads of the interview.
Flipping the bird on live TV is one of his many memorable moments. today moments, as Guthrie showed him a montage of his past interviews on Wednesday. “Nice to see you,” he told her. “I haven’t seen you in a long time, and I’ve always liked you. So, I’m very happy to be sitting here with you again.”
Guthrie returned his kind words by saying: “You’re great because that’s what I was actually thinking about you this morning. I was like, ‘I love Richard Gere. He’s actually here for us. One of his favorite guests is “I have fond, fond memories.”
