Last week, NBC news correspondent Tamron Hall walked away from a $2 million deal after her top-rated morning show with Al Roker was canceled to make room for former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly.
According to The Daily Mail, Roker is furious with about their show getting chopped.
“The news of their cancellation was announced to Roker and Hall on same day it was confirmed that they had beaten Live with Kelly in the key demo for the month of January, according to an insider,” The Daily Mail said. “And they had won they key demo for eight straight weeks when ‘Today’ decided to inform them of the [Megyn] Kelly news. Al and Tamron were told Friday after Today ended and just a few minutes before she was going on air to host MSNBC live. Hall walked away from the money on Tuesday.”
“Al’s upset because it’s his friend, but he’s also upset because he lost the show,” The Daily Mail continued. “And this is the second time the network has done this to him.”
NBC is said to have paid Kelly in the upwards of $12 million.
Sources: New York Daily News, The Insider, Instagram, The Daily Mail, TMZ.com
