Hoda Kotb posed with a copy of Jenna Bush Hager’s 2023 PEOPLE cover for Bush Hager’s 42nd birthday.Photo:Hoda Kotb;Nathan Congleton/NBC
Hoda Kotb;Nathan Congleton/NBC
Hoda Kotbis celebrating the birthday of her favorite “cover girl" —Jenna Bush Hager!
To honor her friend andToday with Hoda & Jennaco-host on her special day, Kotb, 59, shared a photo of herself flipping through the pages ofBush Hager’s August PEOPLE cover.
“Happy birthday to my cover girl!!” Kotb captioned thetributeto Hager, who turned 42 on Saturday. “I love you @jennabhager.”
Bush Hager celebrated her own birthday — and her fraternal twin sisterBarbara Bush’s — with a sweetpostof her own.
“What a wonderful gift it is to be partners in all with this sissy who I love with my whole heart,” theTodayhost captioned several photos of the twins at their celebratory dinner.
“Happiest birthday to the brightest light, @barbara.p.bush! Let’s write another book so we can go on tour. I love you so,” she finished.
Earlier this year, on Kotb’s birthday, Bush Hager honored herTodayco-host in a birthday message and thanked her for making her life “more joyful.”
When Kotb turned 59 on Aug. 9, theRead With Jennabook club founder shared a pair of sweet photos of the pair at work together — one in the studio and one in matching rainbow snowsuits.
“Happiest birthday to @hodakotb!” she wrote alongside the pictures. “I love sitting next to you (or standing in full snow gear!) You make my life more joyful every, single day!”
“Girllll love u!” Kotb responded.
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Jenna Bush Hager on the cover of PEOPLE.Brian Doben
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“When I watched her drop those bombs on the desk, I was like, ‘Girl, what are you doing?’ But she’s unabashedly herself,” Kotb told PEOPLE, adding that “people spend their whole lives trying to get there, and she is exactly who she is.”
According to Bush Hager, however, she never gave these so-called “bombs” much thought.
“In fact I try not to put too much pressure on myself for perfection, because I’m nothing close to that,” she told PEOPLE. “I find perfection to be wildly boring.”
source: people.com
