Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Jenna Bush Hagerhad only a few minutes to pull herself together to interview a major celebrity after meeting her costarHoda Kotb’sdaughter for the first time.
In a clip from Tuesday, Nov. 19’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, Bush Hager recalled how she was on her way to interviewCherwhen she got a FaceTime from Kotb with some special news.
“I interviewed her on, it was the first week of our show. Hoda and I had done our show for a week. It was Sunday. It was at her Broadway show and I was early, so I went and got a Starbucks," Bush Hager remembers.
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Back in May, Bush Hagerspoke with PEOPLE about how when she first startedonToday with Hoda and Jenna, she learned she was pregnant with son Hal, and knew Kotb was struggling to grow her family.
“And I also knew my sister wanted to be a mom so I felt, like, guilt, around the fact that I could have three babies. And I went to Hoda and I cried. At first she thought, ‘Wait, you’re not taking the job?’ ” the mom of three recalled.
“I thought she was quitting,” Kotb shared.
Kotb is mom to daughter Hope, now 5, and Hayley, 7, while Bush Hager is mom to daughters Mila, 11, and Poppy Louise, 9, plus son Hal, 5.
source: people.com