Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb introduced their shiny, bubbly and boisterous personalities to the US Open, however not everybody appreciated the noise.
“We had been loud and annoying,” Kotb, 60, confessed through the Monday, September 9, episode of As we speak With Hoda & Jenna.
Though Kotb mentioned “tennis is enjoyable,” she and Bush Hager, 42, revealed they obtained some unfavourable consideration for his or her cheering. “I believe Anna Wintour requested us to calm down,” Bush Hager mentioned of Vogue’s editor in chief, to which Kotb replied, “She did.”
Bush Hager claimed that former tennis champion Stan Smith, who has an Adidas shoe named after him, was a fan of their large voices. Smith allegedly informed the journalists, “You want to be louder.”
Kotb, Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie attended the US Open males’s finals on Sunday, September 8, the place they cheered on American participant Taylor Fritz. Whereas Fritz, 26, misplaced to Italy’s Jannik Sinner, the As we speak present anchors loved each minute of the sport. (Fritz was the primary American to succeed in the US Open Males’s Finals since 2006.)
“One of many issues that we did, we ate snacks,” Bush Hager mentioned with amusing. “There was a second the place Hoda had an ice cream bar, I had a big sandwich, Savannah had a drink.”
Kotb chimed in, “We had the bucket of M&Ms,” which Bush Hager confirmed. “I used to be like, this can be a nice ESPN shot,” Bush Hager revealed. “We had been chowing down.”
The reporters weren’t the one well-known faces within the stands throughout Sunday’s match. Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce had been noticed singing to The Darkness’ “I Imagine in a Factor Referred to as Love” from their seats.
“They’re residing their greatest lives,” Kotb mentioned of the couple, noting that she and Bush Hager noticed them within the crowd.
Bush Hager, in the meantime, wished to be sure that Fritz knew they had been there to see him play, so she determined to solely use his final identify whereas screaming for the tennis participant.
“‘Fritz’ went somewhat bit extra after you stored yelling it,” Kotb mentioned of her cohost’s option to chant “Fritzy” or “Fritz” all through the match. “We didn’t need him to assume everybody was there for Taylor Swift,” Bush Hager added.
Swift and Kelce, each 34, had been the reason for numerous commotion on Sunday as they had been photographed kissing and dancing all afternoon. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish flew to New York on Friday, September 6, after successful his first NFL recreation of the season one night time prior in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
Swift was readily available to root for the athlete through the season opener the place they defeated the Baltimore Ravens 27-20. The twosome had been then noticed within the Large Apple on a number of events over the weekend, together with out to dinner at Lucali in Brooklyn on Friday.
Throughout their US Open date, they had been seated subsequent to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his pregnant spouse, Brittany Mahomes. Kendall Jenner, Matthew McConaughey and extra celebs had been additionally seen taking within the remaining day of competitors.