Sheinelle Jones just gave us the Halloween moment of the morning show season. The Today host, 48, dressed as a Radio City Rockette in a glittering green fringe dress and performed the famous high-kick line with the actual Rockettes on the TODAY Plaza in New York City. At 4-foot-11, she matched the energy of the whole lineup, and viewers noticed.
Social media lit up with praise, and the jokes came fast. The Rockettes typically require dancers to be between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-10.5, so fans pointed out that height is quite literally the only thing keeping Sheinelle from Radio City. One comment summed it up:“SHEINELLE!!! The only thing keeping you from Radio City is your height.”She took it all in stride, saying the experience was really fun and calling the Rockettes incredible athletes.
The rest of the Today crew brought their own Halloween energy, with Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager as Friends characters, Al Roker as Gumby, Dylan Dreyer as Jeannie, and nods to Johnny Carson and Snoop Dogg. But the kickline was the moment everyone’s talking about. So we have to ask: would you attempt a Rockettes-style high kick on live TV? Tell us in the comments.
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