Posted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownYou Need To See This Painfully Awkward Interview With Minka Kelly On "TODAY"Y-i-k-e-s.by Larry FitzmauriceBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Maybe you knew this, maybe you didn't - but the general public knowledge remains that actor Minka Kelly has been in a relationship with Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds since 2022. Phillip Faraone / Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Apparently, Minka has an easier time imagining dragons than she does talking about her relationship with Dan - as the subject was broached during a recent episode of TODAY by host Jenna Bush Hager. Spoiler alert: It didn't go great. View this video on YouTube TODAY With Jenna & Friends / Via youtube.com The moment in question takes place at 3:26, if you've already queued up the above video (and, really, why wouldn't you?). Jenna uses the following conversational transition: "Speaking about the holidays and love in this rom-com, you have a very big love in your life right now." She's referring, respectively, to Minka's upcoming holiday-themed TV movie Champagne Problems and her relationship with Dan. Jeff Bottari / Zuffa LLC via Getty Images "Talk about your relationship, if you feel comfortable," Jenna goes on to ask. Here's Minka's reaction: TODAY Before Minka had a chance to respond, Jenna referenced a post that she shared earlier this year on IG that featured a selfie with her and Dan. "This beautiful man has healed wounds in me he did not inflict - simply by being himself," she wrote. "By embodying true masculinity. The kind that is vulnerable, honest and loving. I thought I knew kindness. Love. Patience. Generosity. Care. I thought I knew how to be gentle. And then I met him." View this photo on Instagram @minkakelly / Via instagram.com "That's beautiful," Jenna added after reading part of the caption back to Minka. "It is beautiful," she replied. "I feel really lucky. He's a really good guy." Gonzalo Marroquin / Getty Images for Netflix OK, fine - that should've been it, right? It wasn't. "Sounds like you don't want to talk about it!" Jenna exclaimed amidst bouts of nervous laughter from her and guest host Olivia Munn - who, credit where it's due, did try to salvage the moment by bringing up that she appeared in the video for Imagine Dragons' "Cutthroat" back in 2021. TODAY After Olivia praised Dan and the band as "so kind," Minka briefly answered in the affirmative before embracing the time-honored celebrity interview strategy of "Bringing the conversation back to the thing you're actually here to promote." Raymond Hall / GC Images "I think there's something sort of similar to the movie, the theme of love sort of hits you when you least expect it," she said. David Livingston / Getty Images Apparently, the same could be said for questions about your relationship during TV appearances!
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