Even NBC News anchor Vicky Nguyen suffers the occasional ‘mom brain moment.’
On Thursday’s episode of TODAY, the 45-year-old journalist, known for her Emmy-winning reporting and chic on-air looks, made an accidental fashion faux pas after forgetting an important component of her outfit.
Despite looking sharp through the majority of the segment, her colleague, Peter Alexander, couldn’t resist the urge to call out Nguyen for her choice of shoes, which he described as ‘Christmas slippers.’
‘Would you kick up your heels?’ he asked as the cameras panned to her neon UGG slippers, which clashed with her purple suit.
‘Oh no noooo,’ the mother-of-three responded with a laugh as he brought attention to her wardrobe mishap.
In response to his teasing, she explained: ‘Look, this is a day after Christmas… It was kind of like a mom brain moments when I thought I had the shoes but didn’t have the shoes.’
Vicky Nguyen admitted that she suffers the occasional ‘mom brain moment’ after hilariously forgetting her shoes on Thursday’s episode of TODAY
Nguyen went on to thank Today’s director for keeping her shoes out of view until Alexander’s brought them up.
‘Listen, they’re very comfortable, I will say,’ she mused.
Meteorologist Dylan Dreyer chimed in to say: ‘We all want the cozy feel after Christmas, right? We ate too much! We’re just tired!’
Laura Jarrett joked to Alexander that he was ‘never getting out of the dog house for’ pointing out Nguyen’s shoes.
Nguyen, who shares three daughters with her husband Brian, has been a fixture on NBC News since April 2019.
After the episode aired, she reposted a clip of the moment with the cheeky caption: ‘That time @peteralexandertv outed me for rolling in slippers. Ya got me. This is normal Vicky in her natural habitat. Business on top, Uggs on bottom.’
The comments were flooded by viewers, who praised Nguyen’s UGG slippers.
‘That’s the pop of color we didn’t know we needed!! Love it,’ one wrote on Instagram.
The 45-year-old journalist, known for her Emmy-winning reporting and chic on-air fashion, made an accidental fashion faux pas after forgetting an important component of her outfit on the latest episode of TODAY
Despite looking sharp through the majority of the segment, her colleague, Peter Alexander, couldn’t resist the urge to call out Nguyen for her choice of shoes, which he described as ‘Christmas slippers’
‘Look, this is a day after Christmas… It was kind of like a mom brain moments when I thought I had the shoes but didn’t have the shoes,’ she explained
Another commented: ‘Those slippers look comfy and fabulous! @vickynguyentv was serving!’
‘This was so cold,’ one said, before praising her for handling ‘it like the champ’ she is.
A fourth wrote: ‘We are all human! Love that this happened, and enjoy those comfy shoes! Let’s normalize all of this.’
Others shared their own embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions, including forgetting to put ‘bra on for a faculty meeting’ or wearing two different shoes to work.
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