Jenna Bush Hager is doing her best to cope with Hoda Kotb's impending retirement today. But the midday host got honest about how upset the news made her.
During Wednesday's broadcast, Hoda & Jennathe co-hosts debuted the first-ever, and unfortunately the last, Christmas ornament featuring the show's logo.
“This is a collector's item, because this is our first and last, baby!” Bush Hager joked, referring to the fact that Kotb will not be appearing on the show next Christmas. ” Hoda & Jenna Christmas decoration. Alone year after year. ”
Kotub cooed when he saw the bright pink ornament. “Oh, I want to save it for my tree,” she told Busch Hager.
“That's better,” Bush Hager replied. “It's beautiful. It's so nice. Next year we're going to cross this out,” she added, pointing to Kotb's name as they laughed. “Ah, anyway, I'm glad we can joke around these days, guys.”
She made another joke about Kotb's retirement during an interview later in the broadcast. someday somewhere Starring Bridget Everett. They aired a clip from the HBO show that showed Everett's co-star crying while drinking a bowl of queso dip.
“When Hoda said she was leaving us, I felt like that was what America was all about,” Everett interjected, and Bush Hager and Kotb laughed. She later joked that she was planning what's next. someday somewhere hosting stint ends today and bridget and jenna.
“By the way, if you don't think I've been stuffing my face in queso for a few days, you don't know me at all,” Bush Hager said.
many tears were shed today After Kotb announced some shocking news. But Bush Hager and Kotb shared an incredibly emotional moment during the show's fourth hour. today They reflected on the years they spent together.
“When she told me that, my first reaction was just my gut feeling, almost insane,” Bush Hager admitted. “I said, 'No, I can't leave,' because what we share here with these people… what's between us is magical and powerful. And it feels that way here.”
Kotub admitted that the decision was “very heavy” on her because of the “amazing” relationship she has had with Bush Hager over the years.
She became emotional and told her co-host: And whoever's sitting in this seat is going to have the easiest job in the world because they're sitting next to you. …You are a bright light, you always have been. ”
Today with Hoda and Jenna It airs weekdays on October 9th on NBC.
