Richard Gere sparked laughs during his appearance yesterday on the "Today" show when he accidentally flipped off Savannah Guthrie on live TV. The moment happened after a clip from his new show, "The Agency," was shown, and the actor raised his middle finger to reenact a part of the scene that didn’t make the preview. “Sorry, but that’s what I did in the piece,” Gere explained, while Guthrie jokingly scolded him, saying, “You just did an obscene gesture on this family morning show.”
Guthrie playfully added, “I’m bleeping you. You know, Cher was on here doing an F-bomb yesterday, so I don’t know what’s happened.” Gere admitted he didn’t realize he was on camera at the time and clarified he thought the gesture would help explain the scene’s context. The lighthearted incident followed Cher’s headline-grabbing moment on the "Today" show, where the pop icon shared unfiltered marital advice from Lucille Ball.
Source: Page Six