Smarting from her recent portrayal on HBO, and in the doghouse with her boss at Fox News, Sarah Palin this morning inhabited a new role on TV: affable guest-host of NBC’s Today show.
“It’s been a great morning,” the former Alaska governor said from Rockefeller Plaza, flanked by Al Roker, Ann Curry and Matt Lauer. “You guys are awesome!”…
By 8 a.m., Palin was out of the Lauer hot seat and into the guest host gig–standing amid sign-waving tourists outside the Today studios in Rockefeller Plaza, and sitting on a panel with Star Jones and Donny Deutsch to hold forth on topics she doesn’t address on Fox: Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Simpson, Facebook bullies. Later she murmured approval as Tori Spelling showed off hostessing tips. “How do you have time for any of this, Tori?” Palin asked the expecting mom.
“You have to appreciate, she’s in the entertainment business. She’s making a living for her family. She’s going to go where she can best do that,” said one person who knows Palin. “And my guess is she probably thinks she’s getting sort of typecast on Fox as a conservative talker, and she wants to broaden her image a little bit.”
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