TODAY show stars Al Roker and Craig Melvin’s true feeling about each other has been revealed by a body language expert as fans notice their apparent frenemy relationship.
Roker and Melvin have been known to throw comedic jabs at each other on the Today set, but viewers have wondered to what extent their supposed “frenemyship” continues when they are not on air.
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Body language expert and multi-published author Greg Williams has exclusively shared his insights into Roker and Melvin’s stage chemistry with The U.S. Sun.
Fans don’t truly know how Roker and Melvin act when the cameras turn off. Do they really not like each other or is it all for TV?
Williams, known as The Master Negotiator, said: “I think it’s a mixture of both.”
“Do they have a real frenemy relationship? I’d say yes. The degree is what one could measure,” he added.
Williams explained that Roker and Melvin have very different personalities and how they sometimes clash.
“Al likes to be funny and he considers himself to be adding value on set,” Williams said.
Melvin, on the other hand, has been on the Today show for only a few years and “came from the MSNBC side where he was much more serious in that particular environment.”
“And Craig has had to lose some of his seriousness,” he said.
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However, Roker has been on the Today set for almost 30 years “performing the antics that he’s always performed.”
“Sometimes Craig thinks, via the body language, that [Roker] oversteps some of the boundaries of professionalism with the jokes, the antics,” Williams said after watching the pair spar on TV.
In one recent episode, Roker tried to make a joke out of the segment that came before his weather report, but Melvin didn’t seem that amused.
After his co-hosts finished talking about their latest segment on weight loss, they threw their attention to Roker, who was munching on a donut.
Surprised by the camera, Roker’s eyes went wide and he threw his snack to the side.
As the hosts laughed, Melvin said: “Come on!”
“You need to rewire your brain, Al!”
Al apologized and joked: “What brain?”
When Melvin and Al interact, Williams said: “Sometimes, by the tone that Craig messages Al, he’s actually saying, ‘OK, enough is enough.’
“And rewiring the brain was a statement that I think fit exactly that mode. ‘OK, let’s stop the funniness at this time.’”
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