'Today' fans slam Savannah Guthrie for 'rude' conduct towards A-list visitor on live TV

On December 16, Janet Jackson, 56, appeared on the breakfast show and chatted with Savannah Guthrie, as well as Sheinelle Jones

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Craig Melvin, Hoda Kotb, Dylan Dreyer and Carson Daly. However, Savannah and her co-hosts have come under fire for how they treated the singer

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For some reason, Janet got up at some point during her interview, even when all of her hosts were sitting on stools.

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Regardless of the bizarre seating preparation, Savannah, 51, later shared some snaps of the current co-hosts with Janet

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"Miss Jackson!" Unfortunately, her fans and hers were no longer inspired. Many were concerned as to why Janet was on her feet for the entire interview,

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Commenting on the post, one person said: “I wish you would have given him a seat. She even looked behind herself to see if anyone was introducing her.

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Very unusual to have her defend her." another actually asked, "Why didn't you provide a seat from her?

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That became the only problem she threw at me…”. A fourth individual even commented: “There is no seat

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