Hoda Kotb Uses Stapler to Fix Wardrobe Malfunction on ‘Today’

Hoda Kotb’s quick thinking saved her from a wardrobe malfunction while filming Today in Paris! On Tuesday, the daytime show host shared a video on her Instagram page, with a caption explaining that there was “nothing that a stapler can’t fix!”

In the video, the 59-year-old is holding the sides of her yellow dress taunt as a crew member, who is identified in the post’s caption as Kaitlin Vickery, uses a stapler to cinch the sides together.

“Done,” Kotb says as she shifts the dress’ belt to cover the temporary fix and gives Kaitlin a high five for the assist. “Kaitlin to the rescue!”

The Today crew are in Paris for the 2024 Paris Olympics, during which Kotb has been having the time of her life.

Although the Olympics opening ceremony happened on Friday, the spectacle that left Kotb awestruck was meeting Tom Cruise, 62. Kotb took to Instagram to share an iconic selfie she snapped with Cruise in Paris’ pouring rain.

“Do you know when you dream of meeting Tom Cruise… And then it finally happens,” she captioned a very wet-looking photo of the two.

In the photo, Kotb beams with excitement standing next to Cruise. She wears a poncho that exposes only a circle of her smiling face while the actor with wet hair wears all black.

Cruise and Kotb just casually bumped into each other on a bridge over the Seine, Today crews on the scene told the outlet.

Kotb was also present to witness Céline Dion’s awe-inspiring performance at the opening ceremony, her first performance since halting her worldwide tour and stepping back from public life after revealing her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome in December 2022. She performed Edith Piaf’s famous work, “Hymne à L’Amour” (the Hymn to Love), with the help of a full orchestra. The French ballad was written to the love of Piaf’s life, boxer Marcel Cerdan, who died in a plane crash barely a month after it was first performed.

Last month, Kotb sat down with the 56-year-old global superstar to discuss her health battle with Stiff Person Syndrome and her future as she navigates her medical struggles.

“First of all, she’s an incredible fighter. I had no idea what she had been through, how close she came at some point to actually not surviving it,” Kotb shared of Dion on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “And now here she is, and she’s singing again.”

Kotb teased after their interview that Dion had plans to return to the stage for a live performance. When a caller questioned whether that appearance might take place during the Paris Olympics, Kotb admitted to not knowing for sure, but said she thought that would be “spectacular.”

“That would be amazing, but I don’t know,” Kotb said at the time. “I know she’s going to be performing live again, though. I don’t know where.”

When Dion returned to the stage for the first time in years at the Olympics, she looked stunning in a crystal-studded ensemble. Her show-stopping performance was a full-circle moment nearly 30 years in the making, as Dion opened the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, with a performance of her song “The Power of the Dream.”

Following her performance, Dion took to social media to celebrate the milestone moment.

“I’m honored to have performed tonight, for the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, and so full of joy to be back in one of my very favorite cities! Most of all, I’m so happy to be celebrating these amazing athletes, with all their stories of sacrifice and determination, pain and perseverance,” she wrote. “All of you have been so focused on your dream, and whether or not you take home a medal, I hope that being here means that it has come true for you! You should all be so proud, we know how hard you have worked to be the best of the best. Stay focused, keep going, my heart is with you!”

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