Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb Refuse to Reveal Their Favorite Child: 'They Already Need Their Therapy'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

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Hoda KotbandJenna Bush Hagerare staying mum when it comes to choosing a favorite child.On Tuesday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, the co-hosts and friends, Kotb, 59, and Bush Hager, 42, were shown a clip from a game thatSeth Meyersplays on his show called “Truth or Drink.” In the game, Meyers was asked to rank his children and refused to answer, but admitted that he does have a favorite.“Don’t you like how funny our producers are?” Bush Hager asked after seeing the clip.“They thought we were going to rank our children,” Kotb hilariously responded.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Guess what y’all. They already need their therapy. We’re not going to add to it. By the way, I honestly don’t feel like I have one,” Bush Hager said.Kotb agreed with her co-host, saying that she also doesn’t have a favorite.“I feel like different days, I have a different one. Whoever’s nicest to me. Whoever’s being nicer to me on that day, they become that,” Bush Hager said.Joking that “all parents” fluctuate as to who is their favorite kid, Bush Hager explained that “it’s called unconditional love.“Kotb is mom to daughters Hope, 4, and Haley, 6. Bush Hager shares daughters Poppy, 8, and Mila, 10, as well as son Hal, 4, with husband Henry Hager.In September, Kotbreflected on her “magical” trip to Mexicowith her two daughters while chatting with Bush Hager. “I had a great trip with my kids,” Kotb told her co-host. “Took them with my sister, we just went to Mexico for fun.““And let me tell you something, it was magical. It was one of those vacations you take and you say to yourself, ‘If they can all be like this.’ And this doesn’t happen, we have our fair share of meltdowns.““Everybody was happy, everybody was healthy, everybody was — it was one of those that you just said, ‘Thank you.’ We’re all here, we all feel good,” Kotb concluded.

Hoda KotbandJenna Bush Hagerare staying mum when it comes to choosing a favorite child.

On Tuesday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, the co-hosts and friends, Kotb, 59, and Bush Hager, 42, were shown a clip from a game thatSeth Meyersplays on his show called “Truth or Drink.” In the game, Meyers was asked to rank his children and refused to answer, but admitted that he does have a favorite.

“Don’t you like how funny our producers are?” Bush Hager asked after seeing the clip.

“They thought we were going to rank our children,” Kotb hilariously responded.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“Guess what y’all. They already need their therapy. We’re not going to add to it. By the way, I honestly don’t feel like I have one,” Bush Hager said.

Kotb agreed with her co-host, saying that she also doesn’t have a favorite.

“I feel like different days, I have a different one. Whoever’s nicest to me. Whoever’s being nicer to me on that day, they become that,” Bush Hager said.

Joking that “all parents” fluctuate as to who is their favorite kid, Bush Hager explained that “it’s called unconditional love.”

Kotb is mom to daughters Hope, 4, and Haley, 6. Bush Hager shares daughters Poppy, 8, and Mila, 10, as well as son Hal, 4, with husband Henry Hager.

In September, Kotbreflected on her “magical” trip to Mexicowith her two daughters while chatting with Bush Hager. “I had a great trip with my kids,” Kotb told her co-host. “Took them with my sister, we just went to Mexico for fun.”

“And let me tell you something, it was magical. It was one of those vacations you take and you say to yourself, ‘If they can all be like this.’ And this doesn’t happen, we have our fair share of meltdowns.”

“Everybody was happy, everybody was healthy, everybody was — it was one of those that you just said, ‘Thank you.’ We’re all here, we all feel good,” Kotb concluded.

source: people.com