Don’t give Jenna Bush Hager a job at the North Pole!
The Today with Jenna and friends co-host, 43, admitted during a round of “We Listen and Don’t Judge” on Tuesday, Jan. 7, that she lost a Christmas present she recently received from Hoda Kotb — but Kotb couldn’t stop laughing at the hilarious revelation.
“You gave me a wonderful Christmas present this year and I think it was kind of thrown away,” Bush Hager, 43, said. “I can’t find him anywhere. I searched and searched and searched.”
Andy Cohen calls Hoda Kotb ‘best hair on TV’, jokes ‘Savannah couldn’t do it’
Before that, Kotb, 60, told Bush Hager: “I borrowed your pink blazer a long time ago and now I own it. it’s mine.”
“I was wondering,” replied the mother of three.
Their fun social media moment comes three days before Kotb’s last day at the Today after announcing in September that she was leaving after 25 years at NBC.
Kotb said further The Kelly Clarkson Show on Monday, Jan. 6, that after the release, she plans to launch a wellness app and company that will include vacations and a podcast, launching this spring.
“We can get together, do the things I love and when you’re done, it’s not like you’re going to Mexico with your girlfriends, which is fun, but this is something that when you leave, you’re like, ‘Oh my God. I feel transformed. I feel different,’ said Kelly Clarkson. “So I’m in the process of building it.”
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The Today show deemed Kotb’s last week a “Hoda-bration,” and kicked off the party by reuniting Kotb with 70 of her former Tri Delta sorority sisters from Virginia Tech on Monday, January 6th. Bush Hager also teamed up with one of Kotb’s favorite authors, Charlie Mackesy, author A boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, and presented her with a special painting.
Bush Hager revealed that once Kotb leaves, she will have a number of celebrity guest co-hosts, including Taraji P. Henson, Eva Longoria and Keke Palmer. “No one is ever going to take this chair, but the three of them sure can try,” Bush Hager said on the Today show Monday, Jan. 6, calling January “our Wonder Woman Month.”
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on the ‘Today’ show on February 8, 2023.
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Jenna Bush Hager announces Scarlett Johansson as Today Guest co-host after the departure of Hoda Kotba (exclusive)
The Love comes first the author also shared with PEOPLE that Scarlett Johansson will take over as co-host starting Tuesday, January 21.
“Scarlett Johansson is the queen! First of all, I’ve always been obsessed with her movies. The girl with the pearl earringI mean, it shows you that I’m a nerd who loves to read,” Bush Hager said. “She’s also a big reader, which is going to be a lot of fun. We have so much in common.”
“It’s just a pipe dream. But that’s what I’m saying, the fact that she’s coming to give us a week of her time, she could do anything, is a testament to the show we’ve built. So, I’m beyond thrilled. I can’t wait.” , Bush Hager added. “We’ve never seen Scarlett Johansson host a daytime show before!”
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Kotb’s last episode Today and Today with Hoda and Jenna will be broadcast on Friday, January 10. The Today the show airs weekdays on NBC beginning at 7 a.m. ET.
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