After all, the Hoda and Jenna hosts looked to 1 of the astir iconic movie scenes for their costume-inspiration this year, stepping onto the Today plaza arsenic Jack and Rose from Titanic.
For her part, Jenna was Kate Winslet’s Rose, donning an nonstop replica of the character’s billowing bluish dress—white scarf and all—and topping disconnected her look with a cascading reddish wig.
Hoda, meanwhile, celebrated her past Today Halloween solemnisation arsenic Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack. The 60-year-old, who precocious announced she’d beryllium retiring from her role arsenic an NBC anchor successful the caller year, looked practically unrecognizable wholly changed successful a abbreviated brownish wig, trousers and suspenders.
But portion her translation was implicit from her accustomed appearance, Hoda said the look really reminded her of her past style.
“Oh my god, I consciousness similar my seventh-grade self,” she joked successful a behind-the-scenes look astatine her costume preparation, shared to Hoda and Jenna’s Instagram account. “This is truly sad, I do. Because erstwhile I was a kid, they chopped my hairsbreadth disconnected and it looked benignant of similar this—on a bully day.”
Yet she thought Jenna was the spitting representation of Rose.
“You look similar her!” Hoda gushed to her cohost in a consequent video. “And I look similar my Stephen Foster mediate schoolhouse self.”
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But erstwhile it came to their large reveal, Hoda played the portion perfectly.
Standing connected a replica of the Titanic’s bow, with a sunset backdrop, Hoda wrapped her arms astir Jenna arsenic they swayed backmost and distant connected the ocean’s “waves.”
And successful a existent homage to their characters, Jenna called out, “I’m flying!” close earlier Hoda yelled, “I’m king of the world!”
The iconic Titanic looks people the past clip Jenna and Hoda volition formal up arsenic a brace for Halloween earlier Hoda exits the show—a cleanable headdress disconnected to what has been a long enactment of epic costumes for the 2 and their Today costars.
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This year, they were joined connected the Plaza by Elle Woods (Savannah Guthrie), Beetlejuice’s Lydia Deetz (Dylan Dreyer) and Beetlejuice (Al Roker), Ron Burgundy (Willie Geist), Austin Powers’ Foxxy Cleopatra (Sheinelle Jones) and Carson Dalyas the titular character, Bring It On’s Isis (Laura Jarrett), Mrs. Doubtfire (Peter Alexander) and Craig Melvinas Beverly Hills Cop Axel F. Foley.
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