I completely give her leniency on her performance this morning on the Today Show. They were already talking yesterday or the day before about how her throat is messed up or something. If you watch the video, its pretty clear that shes having a problem with her voice. Im surprised that she performed at all, but I imagine there would have been a Rockefeller Center riot if she didnt.
In my eyes, she gets credit for going above and beyond... even if she sounded like crap.
I caught about 20 minutes of her on the radio last weekend hosting Americas Top 40 or whatever show it is that Casey Kasem started. I think Ryan Seacrest normally hosts it these days. Anyway, that was a train wreck! Im sure that those in the studio enjoyed it (assuming they could see her), but it was horrible to listen to her try to ad-lib her way through the show's end.