The nutjob who allegedly stormed NBC’s “Today” Show set demanded to know where longtime anchor Al Roker was — before hurling a racial slur at host Craig Melvin, a Manhattan court heard.
“Where is Roker?” Andrew Truelove, 41, allegedly shouted just before calling Melvin the N-word, according to prosecutors and law enforcement sources.
Truelove — who has racked up several arrests in the past year — is accused of slipping past security into an unauthorized area near Studio 1A at 30 Rock around 9 a.m. Thursday.
He was held on $10,000 bail by Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Jeffrey Gershuny — who also issued a protective order barring the lunatic from getting anywhere near the “Today” hosts.
Truelove allegedly followed a staffer who used their ID badge to get into the “employee’s only area” from the lobby, according to Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Millicent Kastenbaum.
The intruder then got to the bottom of a stairwell inside the employee’s only area — where he came face-to-face with Melvin, according to prosecutors and the sources.
Truelove then called out Melvin by name, demanding to know Roker’s whereabouts — before taking a few steps toward the host and berating him with a racial slur, according to the criminal complaint and sources.
When confronted by Melvin, who asked him if that was what he wanted to get arrested for, TrueLove allegedly told him, “I always wanted to call a black famous person the N-word.”
Truelove was arraigned late Thursday on charges of burglary in the third degree as a hate crime and menacing in the third degree as a hate crime.
The alleged bigot was being held at Rikers Island as of Friday morning, court records show.
He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted, and is due back in court on July 22.
