Jenna Bush Hager has long joked about Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie‘s strong friendship on Today. And Friday’s (March 29) broadcast proved to be no different, especially as Bush Hager reviewed Kotb’s latest cover story for any mention of herself.
“It’s not every day I get to sit next to a cover girl, but lookie here,” Bush Hager said at the top of Today With Hoda & Jenna. “Hoda is gracing the cover of one of our favorite magazines, First For Women.”
She then began flipping through a copy of her own issue, noting that the cover story mentions the time she and Kotb recently did a cold plunge together.
“We’ve done so many things together, this is really a story of us,” Kotb told her co-host.
Bush Hager wasn’t so sure, however, as she appeared to skim through the story. “I don’t see my name anywhere,” she replied. “I think they cut me.”
“No, your name is everywhere!” Kotb responded as she took the magazine and began to look through it on her own. “I’m sure you’re here.” It appears that she couldn’t find Bush Hager’s name in the piece, however, as she soon admitted, “Okay, I don’t know where it is. It’s deeper in the article.”
“Well, I don’t see Savannah’s name either, so I’m just fine,” Bush Hager joked, causing Kotb to laugh.
This isn’t the first time Bush Hager has playfully taken a crack at Kotb’s other Today co-host.
Kotb and Guthrie recently paid a visit to The Tonight Show to promote Kotb’s new children’s book.
“Last night you were at Jimmy Fallon. You went with Savannah, which I’m not… you know…,” Bush Hager said at the time, playfully hinting that she was feeling a bit jealous about Kotb and Guthrie.
In that same episode, Bush Hager also gushed over Kotb’s spread in People magazine.
“Then I was, you know, hanging around, and I saw Hoda in People magazine,” she said. “I love all of this, although it seems like it’s just a picture of you and Savannah.”
She continued teasing Kotb as she laughed, saying, “Still a team, huh? What about me?”
Today with Jenna and Hoda airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.