Jenna Bush Hager shares an update on Hoda Kotb’s replacement today

Back Jenna Bush Hagermay be time until the fourth hour of Today selects permanent replacement for ex -cohost Feast.

“We’re a kind of stoked living in the Jenna and his friends Yes, ”Bush Hager, 43, was told only Weekly US At the Kotb’s Joy 101 launch event in New York City on Wednesday, May 28. “We ordered – I can’t tell you who – but we have amazing people next week, next week, amazing people, and amazing people the week left. And then, we’ve ordered our summer, so we’re not quite there yet.”

Bush Hager has continued all -fin with the fourth hour of the NBC morning show, Today with Jenna & Friendswith a rotating lineup of Celebrity guests Since Kotb, 60, left the series on January 10. A! News cohost Justin Sylvester Has become a favorite fan in its place, having hosted the show for several dates in February and April.

Sylvester returned to the show for the third time since Kotb’s departure on Monday, May 26. It will wrap her four -day host meat on Friday, May 30. (Kotb returned to Cohost with Bush Hager on Wednesday Jenna and his friends.)

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While Bush Hager has stayed tight about whether Sylvester, 38, can officially sit alongside her, she gushed for her cohost and current pal when chatting with Us. “I love Justin,” she shared. “We’re going to Beyoncé together. Cowboy CarterLet’s go! “

The duo joined at Wednesday night’s concert by cousin Bush Hager Wendy Stapleton – did formerly interwoven Jenna and his friends Back in March – Pal Jamie Alexander Tisch and Jenna and his friends executive producer Talia Parkinson-Jones.

Before the group rocked out to Queen B, Bush Hager became emotional on Wednesday reunited on screen with kotb for the first time since she Today exit. Kotb did hi A triumphant return To 30 Rockefeller Plaza to launch her new welfare brand, Joy 101.

“I was expecting to cry and I was a bit like, ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry.’ But what can I do? “She inspires me. I’m so proud of her, and I feel that’s part of the tears. They were happy tears.”

Despite the sweet reunion, Bush Hager said Us She is happy to see kotb living her dream after-Today. “We are really proud of what we have built over the last five months. And I miss it and I’m shouting for it in a million different ways, all the ways I can,” he said. “He felt so good to get him back, and also, I’m so proud of what she is building. When someone says bye, they say bye for a reason. I should have known that with my college love.”

On the episode of Wednesday of Jenna and his friendsKotb Bush Hager credited for her inspiration to launch her welfare trip after suggesting she was taking a breathworks. “I did one session with this woman who exploded in tears and I was converted,” he explained. “And from that moment on, you and I have been on exactly the same path.… And breath led to deep meditation and prayer.

Bush Hager went on to share kind words about her former television partner, noting, “The fact that you are a Kotb Professor of Joy 101 makes perfect sense. I think you do exactly what you’re supposed to do, though it feels like (hosting) also what you’re supposed to do.”