Al Roker is getting in on the beret action.
The meteorologist jokingly trolled John Travolta on Wednesdayâs episodes of âTodayâ after the actor made headlines for sporting different colored berets at the Cannes Film Festival last week.
After Willie Geist interviewed Travolta, 72, and his daughter, Ella, 26, the show cut to a split of the âGreaseâ actor wearing a black beret and Roker, 71, wearing a white beret.
âAl!â Travolta said with a laugh in response to Rokerâs look.
âOui oui monsieur,â Roker quipped, as Travolta told the weatherman to âgo for it.â
Roker then joked, âIâm being directed by an award-winning director. I like it!â
âWhatâs my motivation, John?â Roker added as the segment ended.
Travolta and Ella appeared on âTodayâ to promote his directorial debut âPropeller One-Way Night Coach,â which is based on Travoltaâs 1997 childrenâs novel of the same name.
At the movieâs premiere in Cannes last Friday, Travolta caused a stir with his choice of headgear, rocking a slouchy white beret and spectacles.
The following day, Travolta wore a black beret paired with black wire-rimmed glasses at the filmâs photocall and a brown beret with a matching jacket on âThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonâ on Tuesday.
On âToday,â the Oscar winner explained the inspiration for his much-talked-about outfits in France.
âI said, âYou know what, Iâm making a directorial debut,â and if you look up on the internet, âdirectors and berets,â every era for 100 years has directors wearing berets,â he told Geist, 51.
Travolta added, âI thought, âWell, Iâm not an actor this time, Iâm a director. Show up like a director.â So I did that and thatâs really the simplicity of it.â
The âSaturday Night Feverâ said at Cannes that his berets will help him remember his time at the film festival.
âIâll know â âOh, that was âPropeller One-Way Night Coach,â that was Cannes, thatâs when I won the Palme dâOr,â and Iâll have a vividness of it,â he told CNN.
Travolta was presented with an honorary Cannes Palme dâOr â the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award â at the event on Friday.
He received the award in front of Ella, who has been by her dadâs side promoting their movie, in which she plays a flight attendant.
Travolta welcomed Ella with late wife, Kelly Preston, who died of breast cancer at age 57 in 2020.
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