Hoda Kotb exited the At present present in January, however that doesn’t imply that was the final followers will see of her and former cohost Jenna Bush Hager.
“I’m a never-say-never individual,” Kotb, 60, solely advised Us Weekly on Wednesday, Could 28, at her Pleasure 101 launch occasion crimson carpet. “I can also think about working with Jenna once more at some point.”
Kotb revealed {that a} future challenge with Bush Hager, 43, isn’t off the desk. “I’ve considered that as a result of she and I say that, secretly, we’re like, ‘Someday. I’ll see you in a pair years. I’ll see you in a pair years,’” she stated. “I really feel like there’s one thing there.”
Kotb and Bush Hager cohosted At present With Hoda & Jenna for greater than 5 years, following Kotb’s partnership with Kathie Lee Gifford from 2008 to 2019. Kotb was additionally a coanchor for At present alongside Savannah Guthrie beginning in 2018. (Kotb initially joined NBC Information in 1998 as a correspondent.)
It’s been 4 months since Kotb bid farewell to each Bush Hager and Guthrie, 53, in addition to the remainder of her At present household to deal with her daughters. She reunited with the NBC anchors on Wednesday whereas visiting 30 Rockefeller Heart to advertise her newest challenge: a wellness platform and app referred to as Pleasure 101.
Hoda Kotb returned to 30 Rockefeller Plaza to pay her former fourth hour of At present cohost a go to. Kotb, 60, stunned Jenna Bush Hager backstage on the NBC morning present forward of the Tuesday, March 11, episode of At present With Jenna & Mates. “We had the very best shock in our briefing assembly this morning!! @hodakotb […]
Throughout her return, Kotb stated, she felt at peace with leaving but in addition like she was nonetheless a part of the gang. “It felt like coming residence in one of the simplest ways. And I felt so liked and so embraced. I nonetheless can’t imagine what it felt like,” Kotb advised Us of her transient reunion. “I feel this was the very best day ever.”
Bush Hager was overwhelmed with emotion after seeing Kotb again in her previous stomping grounds, telling Us on Wednesday, “I used to be anticipating to cry and I used to be a little bit bit like, ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry.’ However then it’s what can I do? It’s, like, the power.”
Bush Hager — who now cohosts At present With Jenna & Mates with a rotating cohost — stated that Kotb “conjures up her.” She gushed, “I’m so happy with her, and I really feel like that was a part of the tears. They had been completely happy tears.”
Kotb was additionally in awe of Bush Hager after watching her in motion. “I watched Jenna, and I marvel,” Kotb advised Us, “There’s no one like her. No one. No one.”
Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager shaped a powerful bond each on and off the small display. Kotb and Bush Hager joined NBC’s At present in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and went on to cohost the present’s fourth hour collectively following Kathie Lee Gifford’s 2019 exit. For over 5 years, the duo made followers […]
Whereas Bush Hager liked seeing Kotb again on the NBC studio, she defined to Us that for now she desires her to unfold her wings.
“She’s dwelling her [dream]. That was really the most important lesson and what was really form of superb about it’s we’re really actually happy with what we constructed during the last 5 months,” Bush Hager stated of her present TV gig. “I miss her and I’m cheering for her in 1,000,000 other ways.”
Bush Hager added, “It felt so good to have her again. And likewise, I’m so happy with what she’s constructing. When any person says bye, they are saying bye for a purpose.”
Hoda Kotb’s upcoming At present exit is hitting Jenna Bush Hager proper within the feels. “To be completely sincere, I used to be shocked, shocked,” Bush Hager, 43, admitted whereas chatting with Matt Rogers about Kotb’s departure on the Thursday, December 5, episode of her “Open Guide with Jenna” podcast. “I imply, I used to be stunned.” Bush Hager defined […]
Guthrie, in the meantime, solely advised Us that Kotb at all times has a spot throughout the At present household. “Her being there was like she by no means left, actually. I regarded over at her, I used to be like, ‘There’s Hoda,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, there’s Hoda as a result of she’s [such a] match,’” she defined. “She’s our household. That is residence for her. It at all times will likely be residence for her.”
Guthrie famous that it was “thrilling” to talk with Kotb on the plaza and verify in together with her in entrance of her followers. “It was enjoyable to have her sitting on the sofa to get to ask these questions. So now everybody’s in on what Hoda’s been as much as,” she added.