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Hoda Kotb Recalls Jenna Bush Hager's 'Weird Speech' After 'Today' Exit

Hoda Kotb recalled what Jenna Bush Hager told her after Kotb announced her exit from ‘Today’ in September

Nathan Congleton/NBC“This is how she starts off our staff meeting: ‘One time Hoda left a party with my purse,’” Kotb, 60, recalled during the Wednesday, October 9, episode of Today. Bush Hager pointed out that Kotb has earned the nickname “Houdini” through the years for her tendency to slip out of gatherings unnoticed. Nathan Congleton/NBCKotb tearfully revealed last month that she is parting ways with the morning show after being with NBC for over three decades and joining Today in 2007.

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