{"id":15212593,"date":"2026-07-16T17:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/today-show-host-craig-melvin-confronted-by-racist-intruder\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:34:15","slug":"today-show-host-craig-melvin-confronted-by-racist-intruder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/today-show-host-craig-melvin-confronted-by-racist-intruder\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Today\u2019 Show Host Craig Melvin Confronted by Racist Intruder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cToday\u201d show was hit with an intruder on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/today-show-intruder-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a> reports a man found a way to get through studio security and enter NBC studio at Rockefeller Plaza through a stairway around 9 a.m. ET.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once he was inside, the man came face-to-face with Craig Melvin near a dressing room, allegedly lunging and yelling racial slurs at the host.<\/p>\n<p>According to the site, staff and security immediately came to Melvin\u2019s defense and the intruder was detained and arrested.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that the man was looking for Al Roker initially. When he couldn\u2019t find the weather man, he put the focus on Melvin.<\/p>\n<p>Craig and Al managed to maintain their composure and resumed their on-air duties without any hint of a disturbance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD confirmed that an incident happened, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/today-show-intruder-man-detained-report-12020536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People magazine<\/a>, \u201cIt was reported to officers that there was a disorderly person inside 30 Rockefeller Center, within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct. Officers responded and placed an unidentified individual into custody. There were no injuries reported. The investigation remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u201d has not commented on the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2026\/07\/16\/today-show-host-craig-melvin-confronted-by-racist-intruder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Entertainment Movies \u2013 Extra TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cToday\u201d show was hit with an intruder on Thursday morning.<br \/>\n        TMZ reports a man found a way to get through studio security and enter NBC studio at Rockefeller Plaza through a 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