EXCLUSIVE: NBC BEGS HODA KOTB TO RETURN TO TODAY —TAYLOR SWIFT SCRAMBLES TO EXIT BLAKE LIVELY LAWSUIT DRAMA — DIDDY PLEADS FOR EARLY RELEASE BEFORE SENTENCING
Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter
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4.4 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
NBC is quietly pleading with Hoda Kotb to return to the Today show, with producers admitting viewers feel “the sparkle is gone” without her. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is desperate to distance herself from bestie Blake Lively’s legal drama. And in New York, Sean “Diddy” Combs is making a last-ditch appeal for freedom, begging a judge to grant him a “near-immediate release” before his sentencing date.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:18.7 | Hello, hello, hello, welcome to the naughty but nice. I'm your Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello. |
| 0:21.2 | Welcome to the naughty but nice. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm your host, Rob Shooter. |
| 0:24.5 | It's Wednesday, which means one of our favorite people is back after a few weeks away. |
| 0:29.5 | Very sloppy work behavior. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm going to be calling HR. |
| 0:33.8 | Donnie Meacham. |
| 0:35.0 | Are you there? |
| 0:35.9 | Hello, love, love, lo, hello. |
| 0:37.3 | I think, to be honest, I mean, I've been here since from the beginning. I might be HR. I think I'm the one that created this day. I might be HR. You are HR. Who are you going to go? Oh, that's sad. Head of creative content. You are editor-in-chief. |
| 0:55.4 | You are security. |
| 0:56.6 | And you also are the stylist for the naughty piano show. |
| 1:01.1 | Lovely. |
| 1:02.1 | Lovely, lovely. |
| 1:02.9 | Okay, let's jump into the show. |
| 1:05.4 | What time is it, my friends? |
| 1:06.8 | It is tea time. |
| 1:08.4 | So the Today Show are begging Hoda to come back. |
| 1:11.0 | If you remember yesterday, Hoda appeared on the Today Show to plug her new book and this retreat that she's doing that actually isn't selling that well. |
| 1:18.3 | That's why she's out there plugging the retreat. |
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