As Hoda Kotb prepares for her exit from Today, the star is getting candid about her time on the show after 26 years working for NBC. Speaking with co-host Jenna Bush Hager, the duo opened up about how they had to change when they joined the major news network.

Speaking on Today with Hoda & Jenna on Monday (December 2), Bush Hager and Kotb opened up about what changes they had to make when they first arrived at NBC. According to Bush Hager, who started as a correspondent in 2009, there was one specific Southern phrase the network banned her from using.

Jenna Bush Hager has learned a lot about the TV business since she started on the Today show 15 years ago. On Monday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, she and Hoda Kotb shared how they had to change when they joined NBC.

Kotb promised to send her friend and co-anchor a secret message during the NBC live broadcast Hoda Kotb sent Jenna Bush Hager a secret shout-out during the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Bush Hager shared the exact moment it happened on Instagram.

The hottest job opening in morning television right now is the seat next to Jenna Bush Hager in the fourth hour of the Today show. Hoda Kotb is set to exit the program in January, and it seems that everyone is clamoring for a spot next to Hager.

This year, Jenna Bush Hager caught Hoda Kotb’s secret signal during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “So thankful for my most hilarious and LOYAL @hodakotb who always comes through!” Bush Hager, 43,

They were like], ‘Hey, y’all,’ isn’t for the whole country.’ And I was like, ‘Well, but it’s who I am,’” Jenna Bush Hager said.

"When you try to pretend you’re somebody else, it feels crazy," Bush Hager said The Today hosts are revealing the rules they follow on-air. On the Dec. 2 episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager shared how they had to change when they joined NBC.

Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager is peeling back the curtain about her experience with the morning show. According to Bush Hager, the network was fairly strict when it came to her saying "y'all." During the December 2 installment of Today With Hoda & Jenna,

Despite being unapologetically themselves on the Today show, Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb faced some struggles to be able to do so. “If you don’t fit, they want you to wear something a certain way,