When it comes to anchoring the morning news schedule, one thing is certain – your wake-up call is well before sunrise.
And because of that, Savannah Guthrie he has a strong warning for his youth Today the coanchor Craig Melvin.
Before joining Today for the past six years, he was the evening news anchor for WIS in Columbia, South Carolina, and the weekend anchor for WRC in Washington, DC in 2008, where he met his wife, a sports reporter. Lindsay Czarniak.
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As a result, Melvin admitted that he stayed up last night to watch the College National Championship instead of going to bed to prepare for his 3:45 am call time.
Guthrie was quick to scold Melvin for his decisions.
“I slept last night,” Melvin told Guthrie on Tuesday, January 21, noting that he “had to see if the Ohio State Buckeyes could beat their opponent” the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which they did 34-23.
“And what? You know this is a marathon, not a sprint. “If you don’t go to bed every night watching football and waking up early, this won’t last,” Melvin Guthrie warned.
Melvin agreed with his coanchor, admitting that “I’m going to have to fix myself.”
Melvin has been solid for the first hour of the game Today show since January 13. However, he has been a staple during the third hour of the show for the past few years.
In interview no The ParadeMelvin remembered how he learned Hoda KotbThe decision to leave the anchor desk to spend more time with his daughters and his mother.
“My dressing room is bigger than his, and one morning he knocks, which was unusual. And he’s like, ‘Do you have time?’ He came in, and he said, ‘I wanted to tell you something. I’m leaving.'”
Admitting that “no one leaves these jobs alone,” he said he first asked if Kotb was “sick.” When he assured her that he was fine and just wanted to leave his position when he was “high,” Melvin pressed harder.
I said, ‘Are they taking you out by force?’ He’s like, ‘No Craig, I’m fine. I’m leaving.’ I was so surprised that after he left, I went back to his dressing room, and I said, ‘Are you sure he’s all right?’ It takes a certain kind of courage to leave anything when you’re at the top of your game.”