Jenna Bush Hager claims NBC forbade her from saying ‘y’all’ on ‘Today’: ‘Isn’t for the whole country’
nypost.comsaid in September that she’s leaving the show, interjected: “If you don’t fit, they want you to wear something a certain way, cut your hair a certain way, speak a certain way.”She continued, “I know when you came to the network, too, it’s like, ‘Welcome in, but you have to change.’ ”Kotb has been a “Today” host since 2007 and will be replaced by Craig Melvin as Savannah Guthrie’s news co-anchor in January.
Bush Hager will continue hosting “Today With Jenna & Friends” with rotating guest hosts, until a permanent co-host is selected.
Kotb said that it took both of them “a long time” to learn to be themselves on the show.“It took me longer than, I think, it took you,” she said.
Bush Hagar took the show to Texas for some “Texas Takeover” episodes, so she’s not repressing her personality and background too much. “Austin was my home from middle school through college.
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