Jenna Bush Hager Explains Why She ‘By no means’ Wears Underwear

Going commando — for a particular cause. Hoda Kotb was shocked to be taught that her Right this moment cohost Jenna Bush Hager “by no means wears underwear.”

“I used to be a little bit shocked as a result of Jenna and I do know lots about one another,” Kotb, 58, quipped through the Wednesday, November 16, episode of Right this moment With Hoda and Jenna, revealing she just lately discovered one thing new about her pal whereas within the dressing room earlier than taping began. “I simply had a little bit shock with it!”

The Oklahoma native— who has headlined the famed morning present since 2007 — defined that the twosome needed to change in a shared dressing room earlier that day. As Bush Hager, 40, adjusted her outfit, Kotb “seen” her BFF wasn’t carrying any undergarments beneath.

“I feel it makes a extra fairly silhouette,” Bush Hager defended her preferences. “I additionally suppose you don’t should pack as a lot. There’s a number of professionals to it! … [Hoda asked me], ‘Do you wash your garments?’ And I stated, ‘Sure, I do.’ Nevertheless it’s additionally not like I’m sharing your denims with you.”

Whereas the Sisters First creator opened up about her wardrobe hacks, she was mortified that Kotb introduced her private enterprise up on dwell tv.

“You promised me you wouldn’t do that! There’s lots of people right here,” Bush Hager teased her coanchor, referring to the Right this moment present’s dwell studio viewers. “I’m positive my mother [Laura Bush] has by no means been extra proud.”

Us Weekly solely confirmed in February 2019 that the Texas native would be part of Kotb as emcee of Right this moment’s fourth hour of programming, succeeding Kathie Lee Gifford.

“You might have been such a job mannequin and so beneficiant along with your time,” she advised Gifford, 69, throughout her first official broadcast as cohost. “You might be beloved in so some ways, and if I can use a few of your grace and have half of what you’ve finished, my life shall be a really completely satisfied one. … My dad [former President George W. Bush] wrote me three phrases which made me weep. He simply wrote, ‘Very proud dad.’”

Since taking on for the previous Dwell With Regis and Kathie Lee host, Kotb and Bush Hager have tackled information protection whereas deepening their friendship.

“With Jenna, I discovered to not sweat the small stuff,” the You Are My Pleased creator solely advised Us in Could 2019 of the parenting recommendation she discovered from Bush Hager. “She’s like, ‘Don’t freak out, you’re not a foul mom since you forgot to do that otherwise you didn’t try this.’ I feel she sort of reminds you we’re all a little bit flawed. Don’t sweat it, don’t attempt to get all of it proper since you’re not going to get it proper.”

Kotb is mom to daughters Hope, 5, and Haley, 3, whereas her cohost shares three kids with husband Henry Hager.