Lindsay Czarniak still has the shirt from meeting Craig Melvin
Lindsay Czarniak still keeps the red button-down she wore the night she met husband Craig Melvin on set in 2008. She nearly wore the nostalgic top for his July 28 Glass Half Full podcast, then joked about retrieving it from the closet when he asked why she skipped it. The sports broadcaster told that story while sitting down with Melvin for an episode recorded in their living room, offering a lighthearted look at a keepsake that outlasted blazers and slacks in her wardrobe.
Key Takeaways
- Lindsay Czarniak saved the red button-down she wore when she first met Craig Melvin in 2008.
- The couple met on-air at NBC's Washington station after she returned from covering the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Melvin proposed in Miami in spring 2011; they married that fall in D.C. and have two children.
- Czarniak recently shared family beach vacation photos while Melvin took an extended Today summer break.
Why did Lindsay Czarniak almost wear that shirt on the podcast?
Among her sports-broadcasting wardrobe, Czarniak still holds onto one precious memento from the night she met Melvin. On the July 28 episode of his Glass Half Full podcast, she admitted she almost came downstairs in the red button-down saved in the closet.
"I almost came down in this red button down that I saved in the closet because it's what I was wearing the night I met you on set," she told Melvin, according to TODAY.com. When he asked why she did not wear it, she offered to grab it. "No, no, no, don't do that because now it's weird," Melvin joked.
How did Lindsay Czarniak and Craig Melvin first meet?
The pair famously met on-air while working together in Washington, D.C., at NBC's local station. Czarniak had been away covering the 2008 Summer Olympics when Melvin was first hired. One day on air, he turned expecting the producer who had filled in for her — and instead found his future wife.
Seeing her for the first time left him tongue-tied, he later recounted on TODAY with Jenna & Friends in 2025, though he eventually charmed his fellow media pro. Fans following celebrity and culture stories on BlasterPost's Future Tech & AI Wonders hub often track how public figures narrate those origin moments years later.
What else did they share about winning over her parents?
On theme with the podcast title, Czarniak recalled how her parents "fell in love" with Melvin. "You made sure that their glass was half full of wine the first night you met them," she said. Melvin replied that he "knew what he was doing," joking that if he got them "good and liquored up, they'd sign off on it."
Although the two quickly clicked, he waited months to turn their work friendship into a relationship. After about two years as a couple, he proposed in spring 2011 on a Miami trip. They wed months later in a fall D.C. wedding and now have son Delano, 12, and daughter Sybil, 9.
Where has Craig Melvin been during his Today break?
While the podcast spotlighted their meet-cute keepsake, Czarniak also gave fans a recent glimpse of family life. She posted beach vacation photos on Instagram captioned "Family," including snaps with Delano and Sybil, as Melvin extended his summer break from NBC's Today. Melvin teased a return with a beach selfie noting his daughter's approval of vacation scruff, writing that his hair was growing and his soul was restored before leaving paradise.