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Kathie Lee Jokes Jenna Bush Hager Wanted Job 'Badly' During 'Today' Return

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager welcomed Kathie Lee Gifford back on the fourth hour of 'Today' over five years after she left the NBC morning show

Since Live premiered, the talk show has had a history of hosts from Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford to Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. “I remember saying to you, ‘If you can be the same person on the air with me, Hoda, as you are here in the hair and makeup, we’re gonna have a hit show.’ And she got rid of the notes … And once we started being friends, [it clicked] because it was authentic.” Earlier in the broadcast, Gifford and Cassidy, 30, joined Kotb and Today stars Al Roker, Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly out on 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

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