Rick Springfield calls out ‘Today' show host Craig Melvin for yawning during live interview
Eighties pop-rock icon Rick Springfield called out NBC host Craig Melvin for yawning during his Wednesday interview on the '3rd Hour of Today.'
The 'Jessie's Girl' vocalist was just over 90 seconds into the live segment discussing the '80s hit when he noticed Melvin yawn off-camera.
4 Springfield called out 'Today' show host Craig Melvin for yawning during Wednesday's interview.
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The Grammy-winner seemed to be distracted as he tried to continue speaking, but then he paused, turned to Melvin and asked the anchor a direct question with the cameras rolling.
'Am I boring you?' Springfield asked.
'I actually-you're not at all,' Melvin replied. 'I apologize.'
'It's early, don't worry about it, I'll yawn too,' Springfield joked.
Melvin tried to explain that he wasn't yawning and claimed 'it was a cough,' but his response was overshadowed by laughter from his co-hosts, Al Roker and Jill Martin.
4 'Am I boring you?' Springfield asked Melvin during the live broadcast.
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The 'Today' Show' show weatherman tried to keep the interview moving along and the moment passed quickly.
The music icon continued to joke with the hosts during the segment as he promoted his 'I Want My '80s Tour' and his greatest hits album, which was released in late February 2025.
Despite the awkward start, the interview ended on a high note with Roker enthusiastically saying, 'Rick Springfield, I had no idea you were so funny, by the way. Come back, come back anytime!'
4 Melvin insisted that he had to 'cough' and not yawn.
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Springfield seemingly doesn't appear to have hard feelings about the situation, as he gave the show a shout-out on his Facebook page.
'Had a fun time with the gang at the Today Show this morning!' Springfield wrote.
'You were hilarious. Although, remind me not to yawn if you're around…..' one fan quipped in the comment section of the Facebook post.
During the interview, Springfield also opened up about discovering he had a brain injury after an onstage fall during a 2000 show in Las Vegas.
'I fell actually 25 feet through a steel stage,' Springfield shared.
The singer-songwriter claimed he 'was supposed to be gravity fed on a beam' during a stunt at the MGM Grand, but the gear wasn't 'tied' correctly, and he fell and the beam hit him on the head.
The 'Love Somebody' singer suffered a broken wrist and an annual Prenuvo scan revealed that the mishap caused a brain injury too.
'They found damage in my brain and we're just watching it,' Springfield said.
4 The 'Jessie's Girl' singer is on tour until October.
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The 75-year-old has not let his health situation slow him down.
Springfield will tour until mid-October as part of the 'I Want My '80s Tour,' and he plans to release new music, the Post reported.
'I'm writing a new album now. I have my guitar, keyboard and little recorder out here,' Springfield said on Wednesday. 'I put headphones so my wife doesn't have to listen to the same musical phrase over and over. It's my therapy and hobby. The new album will be a little heavier. More adventurous. I want to write a bunch of meaningful songs to me with big hooks and some flavor of what's going on.'
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