Jenna Bush Hager has issued an unexpected update about today’s future with Jenna & Friends – while the team is looking frantically Hoda Kotbreplacement.
Hager, 43, shared the news while attending the launch party for KOTB’s new wellness company, Joy 101, this week.
“We are not as close as I wanted us to be,” Hager admitted when he was asked Entertainment tonight If a new permanent co-gastheer were to be mentioned soon.
“But we still have a lot of fun, so that feels good,” she added.
In September, KOTB, who had been part of NBC News for 26 years, announced that She would leave the show At the beginning of 2025, her last episode was broadcast on January 10.
Since the departure of the star, Hager has been looking for a new Co-Gastheer, in which rotating guests such as actress are tested Scarlett JohanssonComedian Heather McMahan and E! Nieuwshost Justin Sylvester to name just a few.
However, as she has told entertainment tonight, it doesn’t seem like the network comes close to a decision.
The news is amidst rumors that KOTB might take over the Kelly Clarkson – Show – although it is something she denied during a Wednesday performance on the Today Show When asked by her former colleagues Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie.
Jenna Bush Hager has issued an unexpected update about today’s future with Jenna & Friends – while the team is frantically looking for the replacement of Hoda Kotb
Hager shared the news while attending the launch party for Kotb’s new wellness company, Joy 101, this week
In September, KOTB, who had been part of NBC News for 26 years, announced that she would leave the show in early 2025. Her last episode was broadcast on January 10
‘Do you think if I ever came back to TV – do you know where the only place I would ever come back is? Here. This is the place! “She said.
“So rumors are done?” Asked Craig.
“Remove, remove,” said Kotb. “Not true.”
‘I thought you were because I know you have been playing the guitar lately and sang a lot and I thought you might have had the feeling:’ I’m ready for what Hoda-Out! “Said Savannah, referring to Clarkson’s talk show Game Kellyoke.
And although KOTB does not take over the show, she will appear as a guest next week.
‘However, I will go to Kelly’s show next week. Just for fun, “Hoda clarified.
The confirmation comes in the midst of speculation that Kelly is considering leaving her talk show – and that Kotb is on a list of those eyes to replace her.
In a new interview, KOTB revealed the reason for her departure from the Today Show and explained that her daughter Hope’s type One diabetes diagnosis ‘certainly weighed’ with her exit.
Since the departure of the star, Hager has been looking for a new Co-Gastheer and has tested rotating guests such as actress Scarlett Johansson, comedian Heather McMahan and E! Nieuwshost Justin Sylvester to name just a few
“We are not as close as I wish we were,” Hager admitted when Entertainment asked tonight how close she was to call a permanent fellow guest for the show
‘Like everyone with a child who has (knows) type 1, especially a small child, you constantly look, you constantly monitor, you constantly check what I always did when I was [at Today]”She said.
‘You are distracted. You just get a priority control in your life.
“I can be here and sweat what happens to hope in the morning and at night, or I can be there and feel lighting that I can see.”
At the time of her exit, Kotb shared that she felt that she took the ‘right decision’ to get away.
“While I write this, my heart is over the entire card,” said Kotb at the time. “I know I make the right decision, but it’s a painful one. And you are all the reason why. They say that two things can be the same at the same time, and I now feel that deep. I love you and it’s time for me to leave the show.
‘My time at NBC has been the longest professional love affair of my life. But only because you have been next to me on this twenty -six years of adventure. Looking back, math is crazy. 26 years at NBC News – Ten years at Dateline, seven out of the hour of seven o’clock, sixteen out of ten hours. ‘
She continued: ‘I stand for your faces and your families and all the ways you stopped and inspired me. That is singing my heart. So many of my professional relationships have become some of my most cherished friendships. ‘
She then gave a heartbreaking tribute to her ‘Ride-Or-Die’ Jenna Bush Hager and claimed that she will ‘desperately’ miss everyone with whom she worked during the popular morning show.
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