Hoda Kotb secretly saluted Jenna Bush Hager during the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Bush Hager took to Instagram to share the exact moment it happened.
“Only one person does that. Poppy, what’s going to happen?” Bush Hager can be heard talking excitedly to his daughter Poppy, 9, in his Thursday, Nov. 28, post.
Kotb is then seen on a TV screen next to co-host Savannah Guthrie, and — while appearing to groove to Chappell Roan’s “Hot 2 Go” — Kotb rapidly pounds his chest with his fists.
“So thankful for my funniest and MOST LOYAL @hodakotb who always comes through! With the help of my dearest @savannahguthrie !!! That was a (not so!) secret dance move!” Bush Hager captioned his post.
On the Wednesday, November 27, episode TodayKotb, 60, revealed she planned to send her friend and co-host, 43, undercover while hosting the iconic live event on NBC this year.
And as for what that secret voice would be?
“I thought a lot about the symbol,” Kotb said. “I was thinking, what could it possibly be? And there’s only one thing that could be. So, I don’t know if you guys remember, but there’s a song called ‘RockaFellaCenta’ that Matt Rogers does with Bowen Yang, and there’s a part of it where he says, ‘I’m waiting outside looking for Jenna Bush Hager, Jenna Bush Hager.’ Whenever I see Jenna, I go like this.”
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Then she raised two fists and shook them towards her. “It’s kind of our call sign,” Bush Hager explained, with Kotb adding, “Watch out!”
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This is the second year in a row that Kathie Lee & Hoda the alum secretly called out to her friend.
“Last year, Hoda and I came up with this secret symbol, and it was Hoda brushing her teeth with her finger, remember?” Bush Hager said on Today episode.
“That was an indication that I was thinking about Jenna,” Kotb added.
While Bush Hager revealed that she missed a live moment last year because her “Christmas tree fell down,” she shared that fans flocked to social media to let her know, noting that it “made my entire Thanksgiving.”
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on the Today Show on Monday, November 1, 2021.
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Kotb announced that she would leave Today back in September, revealing that her last appearance will be in early 2025.
She and Bush Hager discussed the decision live during the Sept. 26 episode, with both women getting emotional.
“You are who I come to. You were the first to believe in me,” Bush Hager said. “On October 28, 2013 — I looked — you said, ‘Hey, would you like to sit next to me? There’s room.’ ”
“Looking at you and seeing magic was one of the easiest things,” Kotb replied, adding, “It’s your turn. “Whoever takes this seat will have the easiest job in the world because they’re sitting next to you. ”
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