One person who isn't on the top of the list to replace Hoda Kotb on Today? Jenna Bush Hager's daughter Mila Hager.
In fact, Jenna revealed that she hasn't enlisted the help of any family members after Hoda officially signed off from the NBC morning news show for the last time on Jan. 10.
"They're not jumping, but I may push them like I've done my whole life," Jenna exclusively told E! News. "You know who really wants to do it? Mila Hager." (Watch E! News tonight, Jan. 13, at 11 p.m. for more of our exclusive sit-down with Jenna.)
However, after Jenna and husband Henry Hager's 11-year-old got into trouble during her last Today appearance for dropping some embarrassing TMI truth bombs about her mom, Mila might be on a tape delay if she were ever to return to live TV.
"She said something very controversial," the former First Daughter added. "So, therefore, my husband gave her a lifetime ban. We'll see if that's lifted maybe for bring your kids to work day. But she hasn't been always the most supportive, let's just say that."
But while Hoda—who left Today earlier this month after almost 17 years—can never truly be replaced, she's definitely imparted some wisdom onto Jenna just by being her authentic self each and every day.
"This is such good parenting advice: Our kids don't just listen to what we say, we watch them," the 44-year-old shared looking back on co-hosting with Hoda for over a decade. "And I've gotten to watch her. She's the best. She's the most empathetic. She taught me how to really listen, how to be present with our guest. But she also is so fun. Fun is underrated, and I think that's our mantra. We're going to have a lot of fun. And I think people want that."
In the meantime, Jenna is having a blast with part-time replacement Scarlett Johansson, plus other upcoming guest hosts.
"Scarlett Johansson is the best," she gushed. "All of the women that have said yes are like dream guests. So the fact that they're willing to like host, which is work, means so much to me, especially when the world is hard. They're leaving their homes to come to be with us. We do not take that lightly. And we're so excited."
Watch E! News tonight, Jan. 13, at 11 p.m. for more of our exclusive sit-down with Jenna, plus Today's Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie.
Today airs weekday mornings on NBC. And keep reading for a closer look at the Today show family and their adorable kids.
—Reporting by Emily Curl
Sheinelle Jones
The cohost of the third hour of Today shares son Kayin as well as twins Uche and Clara with her late husband Uche Ojeh, who passed away in May 2025 after a courageous battle with brain cancer.
“With all three of my children, I try to show them that they're ALL a team, and they have to take care of each other," Sheinelle wrote in a 2015 essay for Today. “At the same time, I'm learning that they each like to know they're special on their own."
Craig Melvin
Three years after the anchor married fellow broadcaster Lindsay Czarniak in 2011, he earned his most cherished title yet: father.
And now, he seizes every opportunity to gush about their son Delano and daughter Sybil.
"When I wake up in the morning," Melvin said to his son during a May 2024 episode of Today, "part of the reason I work so hard is for you and your sister."
Jenna Bush Hager
The Today with Jenna & Friends cohost and her husband Henry Hager are proud parents to kids Mila, Poppy and Hal.
As she put it during a March 2025 episode of the morning show, “I’m pretty sure I’ve come to terms that three, even though it’s an imperfect number, it’s the perfect number for our household."
Hoda Kotb
"Another Halloween in the books," wrote the former host as she celebrated the day with her daughter Haley Joy.
She is also mom to daughter Hope Catherine.
Lester Holt
The former NBC Nightly News anchor shares sons Stefan Holt and Cameron Holt with his wife Carol Hagen.
But more recently, he became a proud "granddude" to three grandchildren: Henry, Samuel and James.
“When my daughter-in-law was pregnant with her first baby ... she said, ‘Well, what do you guys want to be called?’" Holt said on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2021. "I said, ‘I think I want to be ‘Granddude’ because ‘grand,’ it bows to the fact that I’m older. But ‘dude’ says, ‘I still got a little bit. I still got a little,’ you know?"
Carson Daly
In 2020, the anchor and his wife Siri Pinter welcomed their fourth child, Goldie. The little one joined the couple's older kids Jackson, Etta and London.
Kathie Lee
Hoda's former cohost is a loving mommy to her own two children, Cassidy Gifford and Cody Gifford, with her late husband Frank Gifford.
Savannah Guthrie
The TV personality is a mom to two little ones, Vale Guthrie Feldman and Charles "Charley" Max Feldman, with her husband Mike Feldman.
Al Roker
The anchor and his wife Deborah Roberts are parents to Leila Roker and Nicholas Albert Roker.
Willie Geist
The anchor of Sunday Today has been married to his wife Christina Geist since 2003. They're parents to two children, George William Geist and Lucie Joy Geist.
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