Jenna Bush Hager didn’t see Hoda Kotb’s retirement coming.
Greater than two months after the At present present host introduced she could be stepping again from her position, her fourth hour cohost detailed how she took the information.
“I imply, to be completely trustworthy, I used to be shocked,” Jenna admitted to visitor Matt Rogers through the Dec. 5 episode of her Open E-book with Jenna podcast. “Shocked.”
Hoda, 60, introduced her departure on air Sept. 26, citing that she wished to spend extra time along with her daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5. And whereas Jenna, 43, has been working alongside Hoda on their section for 5 years, she admitted she didn’t have a variety of time to course of the information earlier than it grew to become public.
“I came upon, like, the week earlier than,” she continued. “She instructed me as quickly as she’d made the choice, however it was—you realize, Hoda does issues. And that is why I love her a lot, is that she actually listens to herself, and due to this fact she makes selections which might really feel shocking to others and good for her.”
