The Fate of Hoda Kotb & Jenna Bush Hager's Today Fourth Hour Revealed

“Here’s the thing, Hoda, you cognize this, I’m a serial monogamist, I met Henry Hager 20 years agone and that was it,” Jenna told Hoda connected Nov. 14. “I haven’t dated successful 20 years, I met Hoda, I fell truthful madly successful emotion with you quickly, and we’ve had these years unneurotic which person been immoderate of the champion successful my full life.”

Likening the show’s upcoming format to dating, wherever she volition person a rotation of impermanent big capable the spot adjacent to her, the 42-year-old admitted that she’s acceptable to enactment herself retired there, contempt however bittersweet she volition beryllium with Hoda’s absence.

“But here’s the happening it’s clip for maine to get retired determination guys,” Jenna quipped. “Roster dating, that’s what I’m going to beryllium doing. I’m single, not astatine home, but successful this enactment life. I americium azygous and I americium acceptable to mingle.”

Jenna, who joined the amusement successful 2019 aft Kathie Lee Gifford’s retirement, revealed that the bosom and tone of her and Hoda’s amusement volition stay aft the writer departs connected Jan. 10.

“This amusement is going to beryllium each astir friendship,” she said. “We person truthful galore astonishing guests and friends and household that are portion of the DNA of this show, and they are going to beryllium coming on for the ride.”

For her part, Hoda—who announced her status successful September—is excited to spot who volition articulation her longtime 4th hr partner. 

“Whoever gets the privilege of sitting present implicit the people of the adjacent nevertheless agelong this signifier goes connected volition beryllium precise fortunate and privileged to beryllium adjacent to you,” the 60-year-old said. “You person a mode of attracting radical into your world. This idiosyncratic successful this chair, due to the fact that it’s going to beryllium immoderate galore people, they’re each gonna look similar they acceptable due to the fact that of you.”

In October, not agelong aft sharing her plans to measurement distant from Today, Hoda revealed who she would similar to spot beryllium successful the seat adjacent to her longtime person pursuing her departure.

"The idiosyncratic who I privation is idiosyncratic who has beauteous chemistry with Jenna," she told E! News. "That's each I want. Because it's ne'er astir either anchor, it's astir what's between. So bring the chemistry."

She continued, "I don't attraction if it's her champion friend, I don't attraction if it's idiosyncratic she's worked with, if it's immoderate celeb. When she gets successful sync, that's it. If she has chemistry, it volition beryllium beautiful."

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