“We had two minutes to organize,” stated the singer, who reportedly stepped in after Rowland allegedly walked out over a dressing room situation.

On Friday, the singer confirmed on social media that she was solely given a couple of minutes to organize to fill in as cohost alongside Hoda Kotb on Thursday morning’s episode of TODAY with Hoda and Jenna.

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This got here after Rowland — who appeared on the 8 a.m. hour on the NBC morning present — was set to visitor cohost the fourth hour and step in for Jenna Bush Hager.

Ora shared photographs from her stint as visitor cohost on Instagram and X, previously Twitter.

“Effectively, this occurred! We had two minutes to organize ahhh, thanks @hodaandjenna for asking me to co-host the present…,” she wrote alongside the photographs. “Everybody was so pretty and sort, I had SO a lot enjoyable doing it!! Like to everybody that tuned in, possibly we must always do extra??!!!”

In the meantime, Kotb took to Instagram on Friday to reward Ora for stepping in for cohosting duties.

“We manifested — and it’ll occur @ritaora . What a expertise!” she wrote alongside photographs from the present.

In accordance with Web page Six, producers reportedly requested Ora to step in after Rowland allegedly walked off set.

As reported by the outlet on Thursday morning, Rowland — who has been selling her new Netflix movie, Mea Culpa — left after she was “not completely happy” with the dressing room she was given, sources advised Web page Six.

“They didn’t just like the dressing room, in order that they determined to tug her off the present, leaving [Kotb] with no visitor host for the ten a.m. hour,” the insider advised the outlet.

Sources stated that after a recreation of “musical dressing rooms,” Rowland’s staff requested in regards to the inexperienced room, but it surely was occupied by Jennifer Lopez.

“[The show] mainly provided up as a lot as potential, however they weren’t pleased with it, in order that they walked and so they left,” the insider defined.

Sources additionally advised the outlet that after producers had been unable to discover a alternative, Ora — who was additionally scheduled to seem as a visitor — “volunteered” to fill in.

In the meantime, an insider advised PEOPLE that “many” staffers at TODAY “had been impressed with how nice [Ora] was.”

TODAY has not commented on Rowland’s absence as cohost or the experiences of her strolling off set. TooFab has reached out to NBC and Rowland’s reps for remark.