“Today’s Jenna Bush Hager Tries To Make Hoda Kotb Jealous Of Her Friendship With Maya Rudolph: ‘I Don’t Think You Have A Connection Like Ours’

Maya Rudolph certainly left an impression on Jenna Bush Hager during her recent visit Today with Hoda and Jenna to promote its Apple TV+ series Booty.

Hoda Kotb unfortunately wasn’t there on the show to see Rudolph, a fact Bush Hager made sure to rejoice about. Today.

Bush Hager spoke about his experience interviewing Rudolph. “I loved him so much,” Bush Hager said. She added that she accidentally insulted Rudolph without checking to see if they were still on the air. “Like, ‘I totally love you,’ and then I thought, ‘Oh no, I’m on TV?’ Because my mother is not going to be happy about this.’

She continued, “Then (Rudolph) said, ‘I love you!’… She told me, I can’t believe you just said that, I love you. And I’m sorry Hoda, but I love her. Does this make you feel left out? »

Kotb seemed unphased as she admitted that she loved the actress too. But Bush Hager didn’t believe it.

“No, I don’t think you have a connection like we do,” she teased. “Well, it’s only been five years since I’ve been here, so I’ve never seen you guys really connect like Maya and I have.”

She then accused Kotb of “lying” after her co-host insinuated she had his cell phone number. “Maya, she’s lying now…I didn’t ask for it but she would have given it to me,” Bush Hager said. “If someone says I love you, it usually means, ‘Call me, let’s stay in touch.’ Why don’t we go out for coffee or a drink? »

She later jokingly apologized for “touching a nerve” with Kotb.

They tried to move on to the segment, but Bush Hager later brought up another little rivalry between her when Kotb explained that actress Hannah Waddingham told him she was a fan of Today with Hoda and Jenna.

“Well, did she say that in front of Savannah (Guthrie)? » asked Bush Hager, referring to the others Today co-host. “I was going to say it could have been pretty nasty.”

This bizarre statement even made Kotb laugh in shock. “Why is this getting awkward?” Why are you trying to pit people against each other? You already did it with Maya and now with Savannah,” she pointed out.

But Bush Hager denied “pitting” anyone against each other.

“Savannah is my friend and yours, and Maya is my friend, but not quite yours. Not on the same level, I know she’s friendly with you, but not on the same level,” she said. declared.

Today with Hoda and Jenna airs weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.