You won’t believe how Rita Moreno charms Craig Melvin on TODAY – sparks fly!
The farce between Craig Melvin and Rita Moreno continues.
Nearly a year after they playfully flirted when Moreno appeared as a guest on TODAY, the duo were at it again during the third hour of TODAY on March 4, with Craig's wife, Lindsay Czarniak, participating!
“I'm laughing because the last time I was here, I was making fun of you, being very sexy with you. And now this one here, this bell is here. “I can’t waste my time with you,” he joked, alluding to the fact that Czarniak was with him, acting as co-host, alongside Dylan Dreyer.
“That's my wife and my girlfriend,” Craig joked, pointing at Lindsay and Moreno. “You're right. It's a little strange.”
“Now things are awkward,” Czarniak interjected, prompting Craig to laugh.
“I'm never awkward,” Moreno jokingly responded. “So, as far as I'm concerned, that's your problem.”
Later in the interview, Moreno, who can be seen in the upcoming movie “The Prank,” playfully threw Dylan out of his seat so he could sit next to Craig.
“Hello, cutie,” she said, leaning into his arm around her.
“For people who don't know, we have a story,” Craig said while hosting a clip of Moreno flirting with him on TODAY in May 2023.
During her previous segment, Moreno made no secret of her interest in Craig.
“Hello, precious,” she said before laughing as she told him, “Sit down, animal.”
“I'm intrigued,” she added a few seconds later.
Craig told her he was a big fan, which surprised her and led him to say he was in his early 40s.
“And I'm in my early 90s,” he said.
“If I weren't married…” Craig said.
“Do we give a damn?” Moreno responded.
After playing the clip, Craig jokingly tried to keep things cool with Czarniak by mentioning that he said in that previous interview that he would have been interested in Moreno if he weren't married.
“I wanted to make sure you met my girlfriend,” he said, pointing to the EGOT winner.
Czarniak didn't miss a beat.
“We've actually talked about renting him out for weddings because he likes to have a lot of fun with my friends at home,” she said.
Czarniak was also impressed by how Craig reacted to Moreno's fascination with him.
“The wonderful thing is that you really made him blush,” she said.
“I know, I know,” Moreno said.
“You get a hall pass,” he joked to Craig.
“Alright, now it's getting weird,” he replied as everyone laughed.