Hoda Kotb Hilariously Confesses She Hid in Her Car to Escape Her Kids

Hoda Kotb He admits that he’s hiding inside Minivan to avoid household responsibilities.

Kotb smiled sheepishly while he chats with it Today co-host Jenna Bush Hager on NBC’s morning show Wednesday, November 20th edition.

“Did I tell you I love my minivan? I love it,” enthused Kotb, 60.

“Did you go in there just to hide from your children?” asked Bush Hager, 42.

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Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb will always remember what Jenna Bush Hager said to her after she announced she was leaving Today. “He starts our staff meeting like this: ‘One time Hoda left a party with my purse,'” Kotb, 60, said on the Wednesday, October 9, episode of Today . “And I was like, ‘What’s Jenna doing? (…)

Kotb nodded and said the other day: “I searched my own house. I sat outside and didn’t go in. But I was in the car. So I was searching and waiting.

Kotb, who shares 7-year-old daughter Haley and 5-year-old daughter Hope with his ex-wife Joel SchiffmanHe said he had a hard time “getting things done” when he got home because “the moment I walk in, I can’t do anything. I was doing my business (in the car) and then I went in.

Bush Hager and her husband Henry Hager They share daughters Mila, 11, and Poppy, 9, and son Hal, 5.

“You’ll find yourself sitting in cars, listening to music, having some alone time,” said Bush Hager, who supports Kotb’s minivan solitude. “And wait, you say, ‘Okay, maybe there’s one more song.'”

“Sometimes you need that time,” Kotb said. “You reset it. And then you’re ready.”

Today fans have watched as Kotb and Bush Hager share candid parenting stories and advice since the latter was replaced Kathie Lee Gifford in the fourth hour of the show. Kotb, together Today Announced in September since 2007 It would set sail in early 2025 overall after almost three decades on NBC.

“At 60, I realized it was time to turn the page and try something new. “This is the right time for me to move on,” Kotb explained, citing his children as a major influence on his decision to leave NBC and move on to another, currently unspecified role.

“My first reaction was gut and almost crazy. … I said, ‘No, you can’t go,'” Bush Hager said. Today after the announcement. “You’re the person I come to when I’m feeling joyful, when I’m unsure. You are the one I came to and you were the first to believe in me. We have a lot of bosses and I love them, but this lady on October 28, 2013 – I looked it up – said, ‘Hey, do you want to come sit next to me? “There is room.”

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Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb’s nearly 20 years on the Today show were filled with many unforgettable moments. The TV personality announced in September 2024 that she would be leaving the iconic morning show after 26 years at NBC, 16 years as co-host of Today and seven years as co-host of Savannah Guthrie. “I just returned (…)

Kotb’s replacement Today with Hoda and Jenna was not selected and the show will continue as follows: Today with Jenna and Friends with a rotating cast Number of guest hosts until a permanent selection is made.

Kotb lately accepted E News! he has no voice Who will replace him?. All he could do was give Bush Hager some encouragement to stand up for what “felt right.”

“I said, ‘Jenna, feel out who you want.’ Feel what feels right for you,’” he explained. “He will know, because the only way this will work is if there is an atmosphere. Just fun party vibes. “It can’t be forced.”