{"id":95859,"date":"2025-08-20T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/95859\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T03:30:08","slug":"carson-daly-reveals-why-this-a-list-star-cant-be-jenna-bush-hagers-today-co-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/95859\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Daly Reveals Why This A-List Star Can\u2019t Be Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s \u2018Today\u2019 Co-Host"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carson Daly Reveals Why This A-List Star Can\u2019t Be Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s \u2018Today\u2019 Co-Host<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carson Daly revealed that Scarlett Johansson can’t be brought on as Jenna Bush Hager’s full-time co-host on the fourth hour of The Today Show for one specific reason.<\/p>\n

When asked if he knows who will join Bush Hager, 43, as the show’s permanent co-host<\/a>, Daly, 52, told Us Weekly<\/a>, \u201cI ask all the time.”<\/p>\n

He then reflected on the show’s current format, in which Bush Hager has a new co-host each week on Today With Jenna & Friends. \u201cI think they want to keep this rotating thing going,” Daly, who also works as featured anchor on the morning show, explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve loved a lot [of the co-hosts],\u201d Daly said of who he would like to have fill the position permanently. \u201cI loved Dwayne Wade. I thought he was awesome. Every time Erin Andrews is on, I\u2019m like, \u2018She\u2019s amazing.\u2019 Scarlett Johansson is everybody\u2019s favorite, but she happens to be Hollywood\u2019s most expensive actor. We can\u2019t afford her, but she loves doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he admitted to being a fan of many of the co-hosts, Daly said he’s happy with the way the show is currently running. \u201cJenna\u2019s had a lot of really good people<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cI kind of like the rotating cast. It keeps things fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bush Hager has been hosting the show with rotating guest hosts ever since her longtime co-host, Hoda Kotb, left the Today Show in January. While Craig Melvin replaced Kotb, 61, as Savannah Guthrie\u2019s news co-anchor in the show’s earlier hour, Bush Hager is still on the hunt<\/a> to find her permanent co-host.<\/p>\n

After Kotb announced her decision to leave NBC in September 2024, she assured Bush Hager that she wouldn’t have trouble<\/a> finding a good co-host. \u201cWhoever sits in this seat is going to have the easiest job in the world \u2018cause they\u2019re sitting next to you,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cThe only thing they have to do is not laugh so hard they pee their pants. That\u2019s it. They just have to hang on. You are this bright light, you always have been, and it\u2019s your turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carson Daly Reveals Why This A-List Star Can\u2019t Be Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s \u2018Today\u2019 Co-Host<\/a> first appeared on Parade on Aug 19, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Aug 19, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carson Daly Reveals Why This A-List Star Can\u2019t Be Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s \u2018Today\u2019 Co-Host originally appeared on Parade.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[59347,12502,88,11886,64883,37719,27642,4114,64882,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-95859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bush-hager","9":"tag-carson-daly","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-erin-andrews","12":"tag-hoda-kotb","13":"tag-jenna-friends","14":"tag-jenna-bush-hager","15":"tag-scarlett-johansson","16":"tag-the-today-show","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}