Today host Hoda Kotb sparks fierce debate with her al dente pasta 'hot take'

Hoda Kotb has sparked a fierce nutrient statement among fans aft she admitted that she didn't similar her pasta to beryllium cooked al dente.

During a cooking conception connected Today with Hoda & Jenna past week, the mother-of-two and her cohost, Jenna Bush Hager, invited chefs Bricia Lopez, Laura Vitale, and Eddie Massey into the workplace to amusement disconnected their skills.

Bricia was keen to amusement the ladies however she made her spaghetti verde and rapidly acceptable astir explaining her step-by-step look arsenic Jenna, 42, happily helped her.

However, Hoda, 60, stopped them some successful their tracks erstwhile Bricia advised removing the pasta from the h2o 'maybe a infinitesimal earlier al dente,' arsenic she asked: 'Why does everyone emotion al dente?'

Jenna fired back: 'Because if you navigator it excessively much, it's conscionable mushy!' arsenic Hoda admitted: 'I person a happening astir pasta that is chewy and everyone's like, "It's al dente, it's great," and I'm like, "Why don't we navigator it done a little?"'

'Because we're cooking it more!' Jenna added, referring to popping the spaghetti successful the cookware arsenic Hoda responded: 'Okay!'

A snapshot of the unrecorded TV infinitesimal was shared connected the Today with Hoda & Jenna Instagram page, and asked followers: 'Hoda had a blistery instrumentality astir however she likes her pasta cooked— Are you squad al dente oregon squad cooked through?'

Many radical were speedy to stock their thoughts connected however they similar their pasta to beryllium cooked arsenic 1 idiosyncratic commented: 'El Don’te!! I’m with Hoda, nary chewy pasta.'

Another agreed and wrote: 'I cognize it's not close successful the culinary world, but I emotion it afloat cooked!' and a 3rd said: 'Can’t basal crunchy pasta!!! Cook it!!!'

Someone other posted: 'I’m with Hoda! I don’t similar it Al dente either,' and different added: 'Absolutely agree. I bash not privation oregon similar Al dente. Yuk.'

A antithetic Instagram idiosyncratic claimed: 'If it’s excessively chewy - it’s an excuse that it’s Al dente. Just navigator the dang pasta.' 

And 1 acrophobic spectator wrote: 'I’m with you Hoda. Cook it through, though I watched the segment. It mightiness get a small much cooked done if the burners inactive connected tossing it with the sauce.' 

However, plentifulness of different radical were speedy to disagree with TV prima Hoda arsenic 1 said: 'I similar it Al dente. I don’t similar pasta falling isolated oregon mushy,' and a 2nd wrote: 'Team el dente! Don’t springiness maine mushy noodles.'

A 3rd agreed: 'Al dente! Can’t basal mushy pasta.' 

A fourth wrote: 'Al dente for sure. I’m beauteous definite that’s however the Italians intended, and I person watched a batch of Food Network shows.'

Someone other pointed out: 'Highly babelike connected the pasta itself, shape, and wherever it comes from!'

And different idiosyncratic admitted: 'I similar caller pasta wherever you don’t person to woody with al dente nonsense.' 

The statement comes arsenic Hoda prepares to walk her last weeks hosting the NBC amusement aft announcing her departure and confirming that her last time volition beryllium Friday, January 10.

Last month, she admitted it feels 'scary' and 'terrifying' to determination connected from Today aft making the determination to measurement down arsenic co-anchor. 

She said of her resignation: 'Yeah, it’s scary. It’s terrifying. It’s each of those things, but it’s besides precisely right.' 

And aft dedicating 26 years of her vocation to NBC, she said she wanted to 'fall successful love' with this caller section of beingness — romanticizing what affirmative changes it could bring.

'Whenever I made a leap, a move, a leap — it was, like, I’m falling successful love. When I moved to this town, I’m falling successful love. I’m going to autumn successful emotion with a place, a restaurant, a friend, I’m going to conscionable a boyfriend,' she said with hope.