North Syracuse High School alumnus Richard Gere dropped off “Today” host Savannah Guthrie on live TV today.

Gere appeared on the NBC morning show Wednesday to promote his new Showtime thriller, “The Agency,” and appeared to take issue with a clip that left out a key moment. So Gere pointed his middle finger at Guthrie.

“You didn’t show it, but that’s what I did in the play,” Gere said. “That was the clip.”

“You just made an obscene gesture on this family morning show. I’ll beep you!” Guthrie responded.

The gesture was blurred out in later video clips and broadcasts, but his middle finger was seen clearly and uncensored in the original broadcast.

Gere said he was “sorry” but stressed it was important to illustrate the scene.

‘I saw that, but without it there was no point. My hand did that, I have no control over it,” Gere said.

The incident comes a day after Cher said the “F” word on the “Today” show while promoting her new autobiography, “Cher, The Memoir: Part One.” Cher discussed relationship advice she received from I Love Lucy star Lucille Ball and Hoda Kotb assured her she could speak explicitly and promised producers would “bleep it.” But Kotb’s team had not prepared a seven-second delay for the live broadcast, shocking the NBC hosts and their audience.

“You know, Cher was here yesterday with an F-bomb, so I don’t know what’s happening!” Guthrie told Gere.

Gere, 75, was born in Philadelphia and grew up in central New York, graduating from North Syracuse High School in 1967. The Emmy-nominated actor, known for roles in “Pretty Woman,” “Chicago,” “An Officer and a Gentleman” and “American Gigolo” are next to star in “The Agency,” premiering Nov. 29 on Showtime and Paramount+.

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