Jenna Bush Hager announced that Marvel star Scarlett Johansson will join her at the Today With Jenna & Friends desk beginning Jan. 21 to guest host after Hoda Kotb exits the morning show.
Get ready to say good morning to Scarlett Johansson.
The Black Widow star will join Today With Hoda and Jenna cohost Jenna Bush Hager as one of a slew of rotating guest hosts after Hoda Kotb departs from the morning news program on Jan. 10.
“Scarlett Johansson is the queen!” Jenna told People in an interview published Jan. 7. “First of all, I’ve been obsessed with her movies since forever. The Girl with a Pearl Earring, I mean that shows you I’m a nerd who loves to read.”
The Read With Jenna book club leader—who will sit with the various guest hosts as part of the new Today With Jenna & Friends until a permanent cohost is announced—added, “She’s also a big reader, which will be so much fun. We have so much in common.”
Plus, Scarlett is now joining NBC alongside husband Colin Jost—with whom she shares son Cosmo, 3—who himself is a cohost for the “Weekend Update” segment on Saturday Night Live.
“It’s just a wild dream,” Jenna continued. “The fact that [Scarlett’s] coming to give us a week of her time, she could be doing anything, is a testament to the show that we have built. So I am beyond thrilled. I cannot wait.”
Scarlett—who is also mom to Rose, 10, with ex Romain Dauriac—will begin cohosting the new iteration of Today’s fourth hour on Jan. 21, following guest hosts Taraji P. Henson (Jan. 13 and 17), Eva Longoria (Jan. 14), Keke Palmer (Jan. 15) and Michelle Buteau (Jan. 16).
“You know what that says? Heavy hitter, home run, wow,” Hoda said to Jenna during the Jan. 6 broadcast after the initial lineup was announced. “This is a big week.”
Jenna agreed, responding, “We love these women, we’ve said we love these women. I feel like Hoda helped me manifest this. Nobody will ever fill this chair, but the three of them sure can try.”
Since sharing her decision to exit the show, Hoda—whose morning coanchoring duties alongside Savannah Guthrie will be filled by Craig Melvin—has also given a peek into what her next chapter holds.
“I am starting a wellness app and company that will involve retreats and a podcast and all kinds of things that we can get together, do things that I love,” she said on the Jan. 6 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “I started doing stuff that I thought seemed woo-woo and weird. Then all of a sudden, as I was doing it, I was like, ‘Wait, I feel calmer. I feel better.’ Woo-woo makes you feel good.”
The 60-year-old also plans to spend more time with her daughters Haley Joy, 7, and Hope Catherine, 5.
“Obviously I had my kiddos late in life,” she said during her September announcement, “and I was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my time pie that I have. I feel like we only have a finite amount of time.”
Keep reading for a look back at the cute moments Hoda has shared with Haley and Hope.
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Halloween 2024
After announcing she’s leaving Today, Hoda celebrates her first Halloween in the New York suburbs with her kids.
Cheer-Worthy
Haley and Hope match in cheerleader costumes.
Hoda got emotional as Haley and Hope surprised her with an early Mother’s Day gift.
Joined by her siblings Hala and Adel, nieces Hannah and Ella, mom Sami, daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine and fiancé Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the celebration as “my kinda birthday.”
Hoda enjoys a day with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine around New York City together.
Another Halloween in the books! Hoda and her first daughter spend their another Halloween together as their Sesame Street alter egos.
The Today show momma spends time with her own mom (and Haley’s grandma!) in this cute group shot on Halloween 2019.
The host shared this pic of her and her little one at a Sesame Street party in Oct. 2019.
The daytime talk show host spends a day splashing around the beach in Aug. 2019.
Haley Joy looks cute as a button celebrating her mom’s 55th birthday this past August.
“Look who is feeding Hope!” Kotb wrote on her Instagram in May 2019, showing off Haley feeding her newborn Hope.
Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda’s close friend and long-time former co-host at Today, met Hope in early May and they were all smiles all day.
In April, the 55-year-old host shared a photo of her full family for the first time on Instagram writing, “This is us xo.”
It’s a girl! Hoda introduced Hope to the world after surprising her Today show family on-air revealing that she had secretly adopted her second child.
On Valentine’s Day, the TV host celebrated Haley’s second birthday and shared on Instagram how she felt saying, “So much love today.”
The beaming TV personality spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.
Haley celebrated her second Halloween by twinning with her mom in matching bee costumes.
In August of 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent an autumn day together picking apples.
“I can’t believe I get to do this .. #grateful” she wrote on her 54th birthday.
On Mother’s Day, Today co-anchor Hoda posed with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, as she sported a cute tee with the word “mama.”
“Pre dawn photo shoots in bed are a blast,” gushed the happy mom in a cute Insta selfie early on Mother’s Day.
On March 2018, the Oklahoma-native celebrated partner Joel Schiffman‘s 60th birthday with their baby girl and a homemade cake.
“Home!!!!!” announced the TV host on Instagram after spending two weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The day before arriving in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV personality had some fun with her little sweetheart and her USA beanie.
Gooo Saints! Hoda and her little sport’s fan cheered on the New Orleans Saints in their game against the Minnesota Vikings on January 14.
“Santa we are ready!!!” the journalist wrote on this Christmas selfie with her mom, her partner and her little angel.
On November 23, Hoda posed with her partner and her baby girl for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
For her first Halloween, Haley wore an adorable bunny costume as she enjoyed trick-or-treating in a stroller driven by her mom and her mom’s long-term boyfriend.
On October 26, Hoda dressed Haley in a jack-o-lantern costume writing on Instagram, “I couldn’t wait !!”
During a Labor Day weekend beach trip, Hoda snapped a selfie with six-month-old Haley and the rest of the family, including her mom (left), sister (top right) and brother (right).
Source: www.eonline.com