Jenna Bush Hager Was ‘Bawling Crying’ Before Meeting Cher on Today

Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb’s friendship has been filled with equally lovely and emotional moments! The previous first daughter defined that she broke down in tears previous to interviewing Cher throughout her first week of cohosting At present With Hoda & Jenna.

“I interviewed her on, it was the primary week of our present. Hoda and I had carried out our present for per week. It was Sunday. It was at her Broadway present and I used to be early, so I went and received a Starbucks,” Jenna, 42, mentioned throughout an episode of the discuss present on Tuesday, November 19.

“And after I was within the Starbucks, Hoda FaceTimed me. And she or he mentioned, ‘I would like you to fulfill baby Hope.’ And I received to fulfill her child. After which I had to return and interview Cher. I used to be bawling crying. I additionally was like, ‘What does this imply for our present?,” the Sisters First writer revealed.

Hoda, 60, adopted her youngest daughter, Hope Catherine, in 2019. She can be a mother to daughter Haley Pleasure, whom she adopted in 2017. The mother of two started cohosting At present With Hoda & Jenna with Jenna in April 2019 after Kathie Lee Gifford left the present.

Jenna beforehand spoke out about how she was pregnant along with her son, Hal, when she first made her debut as an official At present cohost.

“I keep in mind after I took this job, I used to be pregnant with Hal. And I used to be actually fearful about it,” Jenna, who additionally shares daughters Mila and Poppy, with husband Henry Hager, instructed People in Might. “And I went to Hoda’s dressing room as a result of I knew she wished to have one other child and I knew she was within the course of and I used to be actually hoping that she would get the decision any second.”

“And I additionally knew my sister wished to be a mother so I felt, like, guilt, round the truth that I might have three infants. And I went to Hoda and I cried. At first she thought, ‘Wait, you’re not taking the job?’” Jenna mentioned about her twin sister, Barbara Bush.

Hoda confessed that she thought Jenna “was quitting” on the time.

“She went, ‘So are you not going to take the job?’ And I used to be like, ‘No, no not that. However I simply wished to inform you.’ And she or he checked out me and I mentioned, ‘, my mother says that everyone will get your child proper on time however I really feel … I can’t assist however really feel a lot fear round this,’” Jenna remembered.

“After which, we began the present, and one week later. We began the present on a Monday, Sunday. She FaceTimed me, I used to be in Instances Sq. interviewing Cher and he or she mentioned, ‘I would like you to fulfill Hope.’ And she or he had her child earlier than I had mine!” she added. “And it was this lovely factor about blessings actually do come when … and my mother’s proper, you recognize. We get our blessings when it’s time. So should you’re so caught up within the, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m 30 and I’m not even loving it.’ It’s like, work in the direction of that love.”