Jenna Bush Hager is expecting her third child [1] — her first baby boy! [2] — who will be arriving sometime this July [3]; and yes, this definitely feels like it's happening fairly quickly! Typically, many women wait to share pregnancy news publicly until about the three-month mark, and for a television personalty like Jenna, it likely gets harder and harder to hide a growing bump when you're constantly on-camera — but the reason the Today show host waited until about five-and-a-half months in to tell people actually had a lot to do with her friendship with her coanchor, Hoda Kotb.
Jenna says she was nervous to talk to Hoda, who just welcomed her second daughter, Hope, through adoption [4], as the adoption news hadn't been announced when Jenna first found out she was expecting. "We were starting this new show, and I'm thrilled, and I'm grateful, but I was also a little nervous because there's a lot going on; and I knew Hoda wanted a baby more than anything in the world," Jenna told Hoda & Jenna guest host Meredith Vieira. "I think she knew [about Hope], but she was keeping it close. I sat down with her and told her . . . 'I have some news,' and she said, 'Wait, you don't want to do the show anymore?' and I said, 'No, I have good news!' And she wept out of happiness."
How sweet is their friendship?
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