Al Roker trolls John Travolta in front of his daughter, Ella, on ‘Today’ show

Al Roker trolls John Travolta in front of his daughter, Ella, on ‘Today’ show



Al Roker is getting in on the beret action.

The meteorologist jokingly trolled John Travolta on Wednesday’s episodes of “Today” after the actor made headlines for sporting different colored berets at the Cannes Film Festival last week.

After Willie Geist interviewed Travolta, 72, and his daughter, Ella, 26, the show cut to a split of the “Grease” actor wearing a black beret and Roker, 71, wearing a white beret.

Al Roker trolled John Travolta by wearing a white beret on “Today” on Wednesday. TODAY SHOW
Travolta (pictured above) got a laugh out of Roker’s antics. TODAY SHOW

“Al!” Travolta said with a laugh in response to Roker’s look.

“Oui oui monsieur,” Roker quipped, as Travolta told the weatherman to “go for it.”

Roker then joked, “I’m being directed by an award-winning director. I like it!”

“What’s my motivation, John?” Roker added as the segment ended.

The moment occurred in front of Travolta’s daughter Ella (both are pictured above on “Today”). TODAY SHOW
Roker (seen above on “Today”) poked fun at Travolta for wearing multiple berets at the Cannes Film Festival. Getty Images for SiriusXM

Travolta and Ella appeared on “Today” to promote his directorial debut “Propeller One-Way Night Coach,” which is based on Travolta’s 1997 children’s novel of the same name.

At the movie’s premiere in Cannes last Friday, Travolta caused a stir with his choice of headgear, rocking a slouchy white beret and spectacles.

The following day, Travolta wore a black beret paired with black wire-rimmed glasses at the film’s photocall and a brown beret with a matching jacket on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday.

Travolta sported a white beret (as seen above) at the premiere of his directorial debut “Propeller One-Way Night Coach.” WireImage
The Grease actor (pictured above) paired his headgear with a black and white suit and tie. Getty Images

On “Today,” the Oscar winner explained the inspiration for his much-talked-about outfits in France.

“I said, ‘You know what, I’m making a directorial debut,’ and if you look up on the internet, ‘directors and berets,’ every era for 100 years has directors wearing berets,” he told Geist, 51.

Travolta added, “I thought, ‘Well, I’m not an actor this time, I’m a director. Show up like a director.’ So I did that and that’s really the simplicity of it.”

Travolta flashed the peace sign while he was showing off his outfit on the Cannes red carpet. FilmMagic
Travolta (pictured above) also wore a black beret during his time at the film festival in France. Isabelle Vautier/Starface Photo/INSTARimages

The “Saturday Night Fever” said at Cannes that his berets will help him remember his time at the film festival.

“I’ll know — ‘Oh, that was ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach,’ that was Cannes, that’s when I won the Palme d’Or,’ and I’ll have a vividness of it,” he told CNN.

He posed for photos at the event with daughter Ella, who plays a flight attendant in his movie. Zuma / SplashNews.com
Travolta (seen above) later wore a brown beret on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Travolta was presented with an honorary Cannes Palme d’Or — the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award — at the event on Friday.

He received the award in front of Ella, who has been by her dad’s side promoting their movie, in which she plays a flight attendant.

Travolta welcomed Ella with late wife, Kelly Preston, who died of breast cancer at age 57 in 2020.





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