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Out with the old and in with the new.
The Today show anchor surprised viewers when she hosted the Dec. 21 with dark brown tresses, admitting her hair transformation was a "happy accident."
The 57-year-old, who usually sports light brown tresses, explained that her new hue was actually supposed to be a keratin treatment in preparation for the holidays.
"It just takes the frizz out so I'm like, 'I'll do that early, I'm gonna be on it,'" Kotb said, adding that she did an at-home treatment because her salon was closed.
But three hours after starting the process, Kotb said, "I got up and it was like it was like fire-engine orange. Like Bozo orange. I looked, and I go 'What happened?'" She later joked she looked like "an orange Q-tip."
Believing it "was something funky with the chemicals," Kotb said her stylist was able to fix the sitch, which lead to her gorgeous new brunette look.