Would you ever be caught dead on TV wearing no makeup? That too, in HD? Well, chalk it up to the brave gumption of Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb to appear on The Today Show wearing nothing but sunglasses — then taking them off!

It was nothing but the naked truth yesterday on the show, and viewers were in for an unexpected treat (or surprise?). Gifford said, “Here I am, bare and unafraid. The way I go through life. It’s the way I roll.” But Kotb was a little bit more nervous and said that she felt self conscious….she wanted some lipstick, mascara…anything to make her face look more human again.

Other celebrities like Kim Kardarshian have posed sans makeup for Life & Style Weekly, and each year Allure Magazine does an annual nude issue.

So, what does this say about Kathie Lee and Hoda’s message? Are they trying to say that women without makeup are as beautiful as with makeup? Damn straight, and they are. Kathie Lee said that she felt that it was the dumbest thing she’s done in her career, and that statement concerns us a bit. If she really feels that putting no makeup is dumb, then why did she agree to do it?

Tell us, would you be seen in public without makeup?

– Charu Suri