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\nJenna Bush Hager celebrated her 44th birthday with a surprise visit from former co-host Hoda Kotb on Today with Jenna & FriendsKotb brought Bush Hager\u2019s favorite snack, chips and queso, and stayed for a short interview segmentKotb left Today in January to spend more time with her daughters, but she has made several guest appearances on the show since<\/p>\n
Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> had a sweet reunion on Tuesday, Nov. 25, which also happened to mark her 44th birthday.\n<\/p>\n The TV personality got both a virtual and in-person greeting from her former co-host Hoda Kotb<\/a> on her show Today with Jenna & Friends.\u00a0<\/a>\n<\/p>\n This week\u2019s celebrity co-host is Andy Cohen<\/a>, who first shared a birthday video message for Bush Hager from Kotb, 61.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cJBH, good morning! It\u2019s 5 a.m. just getting ready to start the day and guess what was on my calendar? It\u2019s your birthday!\u201d Kotb says in the early morning clip. \u201cHappy birthday, my girl. I bet they\u2019re gonna have a huge, beautiful celebration for you. I love you. I wish I could be with you, but know that I\u2019m with you in spirit.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jenna Bush Hager (left); Hoda Kotb.<\/p>\n TODAY with Jenna & Friends\/YouTube (2)<\/p>\n However, the video was all a ruse as Kotb was actually waiting backstage to surprise Bush Hager. She walked out onto the studio stage holding a plate of the Texas native\u2019s favorite snack \u2014 chips and queso.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cIs that why you asked me if I\u2019d been talking to Hoda?\u201d Bush Hager asked Cohen as she jumped up to hug her longtime friend and former co-worker.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cA little,\u201d the Bravo host revealed.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Jenna Bush Hager (left) and Hoda Kotb on ‘Today with Jenna and Friends’.<\/p>\n TODAY with Jenna & Friends\/YouTube<\/p>\n Bush Hager looked stunned by the surprise, holding Kotb tight and declaring, \u201cI cannot believe you\u2019re here. I cannot believe you came.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Kotb stuck around for a short interview segment after the surprise, sharing some details about her upcoming gig co-hosting the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/a> for NBC alongside Savannah Guthrie<\/a> and Al Roker<\/a>. She also spoke about her Joy 101 wellness app.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cWhat you\u2019re doing is amazing, but we miss you!\u201d Bush Hager said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n Kotb exited her role at the Today show<\/a> and on Today with Hoda & Jenna in January. The longtime journalist made the decision to leave the morning show in order to get in more time with her daughters Haley Joy, 8, and Hope Catherine, 6<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n But Kotb has returned to the Today show numerous times since her exit. Most recently, she interviewed Jay Leno for the show, discussing his life as a caretaker to his wife Mavis, who has dementia.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Jenna Bush Hager celebrated her 44th birthday with a surprise visit from former co-host Hoda…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-308314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}