Mika Brzezinski Says Morning Joe Is ‘A Family’ Despite Drama

It’s no secret that issues on Morning Joe can get tense at occasions, however host Mika Brzezinski completely loves her job.

“My favourite a part of the job is working with this unbelievable staff,” she instructed Woman’s World in a latest interview. “I like all of our producers, and the individuals who I work closest with each day will not be solely one of the best within the enterprise, however I’m personally comfy with and grateful for them. I like the individuals who I work with very a lot, and a few of us have been collectively for 18 years.”

Mika, 57, has shared internet hosting duties with husband Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist since 2007.

“We’re long-term colleagues, and Morning Joe is a household,” she added. “Everybody loves being part of it. I feel that’s what makes our connection on the air so particular. The dialog, as powerful as it may be, relies on actual look after our viewers, for the reality and for one another.”

Mika and Joe received married in 2018, 11 years after they first began working collectively. They’ve change into some of the well-known duos on morning tv and a staple within the MSNBC lineup.

The TV persona, who shares children Emilie and Carlie with ex-husband Jim Hoffer, described what her typical morning routine seems like as a Morning Joe host.

“We’re working into the evening studying and making an attempt to comply with the whole lot all through the day, and naturally I’m engaged on Know Your Worth,” she mentioned in reference to

“I hoist myself away from bed at 4 a.m. and about three-quarters of the time I’m doing my hair and make-up by myself,” she revealed. “It doesn’t look pretty much as good as if an expert does it, but it surely’s an necessary time and I simply don’t suppose it issues. It’s the artwork of what’s doable proper now. I’m listening to the information, after which we do a name after which we’re on TV, and it’s 6 a.m. each morning, for 4 hours straight.”

When she’s not on the air, Mika enjoys spending time at her household’s house in Maine, which she inherited from her mother and father. Her Instagram is stuffed with images from her time spent on the property, engaged on her backyard and initiatives across the residence.

“My favourite factor about summer time is lobster dinners at our home in Maine with a number of vodka,” she instructed Parade in July 2012. “We ask all the children across the desk — at this level, there are 5 grandchildren — what their favourite a part of the day was. It’s all the time one thing wayward, enjoyable, and eccentric: an enormous jellyfish assault or the time the canine jumped within the water. That’s the second once I say to myself, ‘Wow, lastly, for one second, time has stopped and I can simply take a breath and take into consideration how great life is.’”