Did Burt Reynolds Go Too Far With His Comment About Hoda Kotb’s Lips

Burt Reynolds recently appeared on the Today show to interview about his legendary life, and ended up making a comment that had some viewers gasp, telling Hoda Kotb he was “so proud of [her] for not having your lips larger.”

Burt was promoting his new movie The Last Movie Star, when Hoda showed him a few pictures of his childhood — including one where he was playing football. That’s when he opened up about his father never telling him he was proud.

“He did to other people, but not to me,” he said of his father. “I even gave him straight line like, ‘What’d you think of the last picture, dad?’ And he went, ‘What picture?’”

He continued, “He arrested me once for fighting. He threw us all in this drunk tank and he came down and [told the rest], ‘You can go home, your father came.’ Then he looked at me and he said, ‘Your father didn’t show up.’ It was tough, but I loved him beyond.”