Hoda Kotb celebrated her and Jenna Bush Hager‘s 2025 Daytime Emmy nomination by poking enjoyable at a few of their competitors.
“We’ve by no means received one, however I believe this may very well be our yr! The final time’s the allure!” Bush Hager advised Kotb on the Monday, July 14, episode of In the present day With Jenna & Associates. Kotb, who appeared on the present through video name, went on to joke, “That is our final hoorah. That is occurring. ‘Kelly Clarkson, who?’ is what I wish to say.”
Kotb shortly clarified that she was “kidding” and that she and Bush Hager “love Kelly a lot.” She added, “We love her, nevertheless it’s our flip. As I stated to Jenna, we’re gonna go ‘giter,’ G-I-T-E-R. We’re gonna go giter.”
Kotb and Bush Hager just lately scored an Emmy nod for Excellent Daytime Discuss Sequence Host. Becoming a member of the duo within the class, together with Clarkson, are Drew Barrymore for The Drew Barrymore Present, Jennifer Hudson for The Jennifer Hudson Present, and Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for Stay with Kelly and Mark.
The pleasant competitors comes practically two months after on-line hypothesis unfold that Kotb may take over The Kelly Clarkson Present from the Grammy winner. “[Kelly is] a beautiful particular person. However possibly Hoda can be a greater boss,” an nameless producer advised the Each day Mail in Could. “I do know she’s universally beloved and revered by her former coworkers. Perhaps she can be good. She certain can be much more steady than what we’ve been going by. … If Kelly is sad, then she ought to transfer on. We’d all perceive. If Hoda desires to do it, it may very well be [a] win-win for everybody.”
Kotb later clarified that the rumors have been false whereas making her first look on In the present day since leaving the NBC morning present in January. “Do you suppose that if I ever got here again to TV, have you learnt the place the one place I might ever come again is? Proper right here. That is the spot,” she said on Could 28. “There’s no place like residence.”
Kotb praised Clarkson for being “in a category all by herself” whereas speaking in regards to the alternative rumors on Watch What Occurs Stay with Andy Cohen final month. She additionally teased a possible TV comeback, stating, “My entire factor with discuss reveals and all that stuff, it’s like, I’m a ‘by no means say by no means’ particular person. You don’t know what life is gonna convey you.”
She added, “At this second, I’m having a lot enjoyable with the journey that I’m on. However, you already know, TV is my past love, so, as I say in life, you don’t know.”
Kotb additionally advised Andy Cohen her prime picks for who ought to completely fill her ghost spot on Jenna & Associates. “To me, the contenders are Savannah [Guthrie], I believe she can be nice; I believe Justin Sylvester‘s wonderful; Scarlett Johansson crushed it,” she shared. “And Matt Rogers is nice; and likewise, our expensive buddy Sheinelle Jones, who’s going by a troublesome time.”
Ciara kicked off her three-day gig as Bush Hager’s cohost on Monday and praised the previous cohosts whereas discussing their Emmy nomination. “You’ve already received. What you guys have carried out for discuss present TV is unimaginable,” the pop star gushed. “I imply, you’re a legend, Hoda, and also you too, and you might be constantly killing it. You guys have already received. So, I’m right here to let you know that, okay?”
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