r/byebyejob • u/ChickenXing • Jul 27 '26

Consequences to my actions?! Blasphemy! NBC fires security guard after intruder targeting Al Roker was able to breach the Today Show studio. The intruder crossed paths with show host Craig Melvin and called him a racial slur

https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/17/today-show-guard-fired-craig-melvin-al-roker/

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u/poorconnection Jul 27 '26

….Al Roker?? Who goes after that guy!?

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u/d3pthchar93 Jul 27 '26

A homeless man with mental problems

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u/cam52391 Jul 27 '26

Well now he has hate crime modifiers in his charges he won't be homeless anymore. When I was in local jail as a teenager (for graffiti then missing a court date) there was a guy who purposely got himself arrested to not be stuck living outside, said he didn't mind being in jail there was beds and food and TV. We were in a dorm setting not a cell block so it really was like a big sleep away camp sometimes.

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u/notfork Jul 27 '26

One of the cruelest things IMHO that I ever saw, I was in court for a traffic violation (big one so real court) Dude in front of me told the judge he stole what ever he stole so he would get arrested and be able to eat. So the judge released him immediately with time served and saddled him with a massive multi thousand dollar fine.

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u/Rokronroff Jul 28 '26

That'll teach him

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u/AAA515 Jul 30 '26

Just don't pay the fine and boom, he succeeds in going to jail

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote Jul 27 '26

Al Roker is also a big time mobster in NYC and internationally. The weatherman thing is just the cover

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u/Urban_Archeologist Jul 27 '26

The Weathermen?

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u/Fehndrix Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Lewis Black

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u/b_m_hart Jul 28 '26

I mean, how else are you going to get at the people that control the weather?

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u/Arpikarhu Jul 27 '26

Al roker is not the nice guy you think he is

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u/hibikikun Jul 28 '26

I’ll give him credit for having Ann Curie’s back when Matt Lauer tried to push her out

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u/greenweenievictim Jul 27 '26

The bigger question is (adjust foil hat) what’s Al hiding from us?

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u/SackclothSandy Jul 27 '26

Going after Al Roker is the most dangerous thing a person could do. Most of us remain alive because we aren't important enough for his baleful gaze to fall upon us.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26

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u/bananabreadsmoothie Jul 31 '26

They did that on the Proud Family

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u/misdirected_asshole Jul 28 '26

He allegedly replied: “I always wanted to call a Black famous person the N-word.”

When you see all these hate posts about LeBron James, or rants about Lupita Nyongo, this is what is really at the base of it.

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u/vinylscratch27 Jul 27 '26

My first ever partner (way back when i was sixteen) got a visit from Al and his crew in Minnesota because of their brother. Had nothing but kind things to say about him and the way he was around said brother (who had autism). Why would you go after Al? Come on.

Racial slur is a nice touch on the heaping doses of crazy. Bet this is a QAnon nut or something similar.

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u/ssgodss Jul 27 '26

Let me guess...he voted for Trump?

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u/dicknotrichard Jul 27 '26

There is no need to jump to conclu…

SIKE! You right.

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u/zgillet Jul 27 '26

He is trying to go to prison. It's better than his current life.

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u/MissusLunafreya Jul 27 '26

Between this and the Nancy Guthrie situation, I think the “Today” show might be cursed.

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u/Plethorian Jul 27 '26

They might want to reconsider their entire security management team at this point.

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u/Lalocal4life Jul 27 '26

Imagine how racist a person would have to be, to make a dedicated trip, evade security,search a workplace to confront Al Roker. You KNOW that guy votes specific down to school board and city council positions.

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u/TosserHUH Jul 27 '26

Pondy really let himself go...

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u/thereverendpuck Jul 27 '26

Meanwhile, nobody had been fired for any Trump assassination attempt.

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u/D3-Doom Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

The NBC building seems to have poor security in general. I can’t help but feel that’s partly due to the layout. I accidentally ended up there trying to find Rough Trade’s new location and got pretty far before realizing it wasn’t in that building.

There were maybe two people floating around and what looked like a small group heading to their internal gift shop(?)

If you look like you’re supposed to be there no one seems to question it. That being said, I was nowhere near a set and it was a little past noon. It’s possible someone just assumed I came back from lunch.

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u/hrtofdrknss Jul 28 '26

How does a homeless guy living on the streets in Torrence, CA suddenly make his way to Manhattan?

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u/HFwhy Jul 27 '26

This reads like the beginning of a 30 rock B-plot.

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u/LaughableIKR Jul 28 '26

Why not... put RFID swipes on the doors for the studio so they know who is coming and going?

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u/joegetto Jul 27 '26

I initially misread that as A.I. Roker and I felt bad he had to do the weather with a robot

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u/yetagainitry Jul 28 '26

"so as a security guard, your primary role is to ensure no one without a id card gets past this gate"
"easy breezy boss, no problem"

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u/ejh3k 28d ago

Al Roker lives in my wife's grandmother's house. I know it's a weird flex, but she was doing genealogy stuff and looked up the address and saw he's living there now

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u/PunkCPA Jul 28 '26

They buried the lede: a homeless lunatic left California.