Jenna Bush Hager welcomed her second visitor host on January 14, simply days after her buddy, Hoda Kotb, exited the present.
The 43-year-old could not have been happier to take a seat subsequent to Eva Longoria on Tuesday on the Jenna & Pals desk as she prepares to welcome a slew of celebrities to assist her host the phase.
Jenna gathered the crew round after the present to congratulate the Determined Housewives actress on her internet hosting gig, stunning Eva along with her candy phrases.
“Can I thank one of the best for co-hosting,” she started as she beamed at Eva. “We like you; you might be welcome right here any time. Your coronary heart, all of it…you’re the finest.”
The 49-year-old star yelled, “I am coming again!” because the crew chanted her title to rejoice her onerous work.
“I made this friendship bracelet for you,” Jenna shared as she handed Eva the considerate present. It is clear that the Emmy nominee was an authorized hit!
Throughout Tuesday’s phase, Jenna recalled when her mom, Laura Bush, shared how a lot she cherished Determined Housewives whereas residing within the White Home along with her husband, George W. Bush.
Eva performed Gabrielle Solis on the smash hit present from 2004 till 2012; the collection received a slew of Emmy and Golden Globe awards and introduced in 30 million viewers for its season one finale.
“Do you keep in mind when my mother made that Determined Housewives joke?” Jenna requested.
“Sure, your mother put us on the map!” Eva replied. “Your mother stated she was ‘the final word determined housewife!'”
The previous First Girl talked about the present in 2005 when she quipped, “I’m married to the President of the US and here is our typical night – 9 o’clock, Mr. Pleasure right here is snoozing, and I am watching Determined Housewives with Lynne Cheney…women and gents, I’m a Determined Housewife.”
The mom of 1 reminisced about her time on the present throughout Jenna & Pals, revealing that she was not ready for the in a single day fame it introduced her.
“It was a decade of my life, and it was the primary present on the earth,“ she stated.
“I simply keep in mind the primary time I went to London – I had by no means been to London earlier than and there was a giant crowd of individuals outdoors the lodge, and I used to be like, ‘Gosh, who’s right here? Is Bono right here? Anyone vital have to be right here!‘ And the driving force was like, ‘You‘, and I used to be like, ‘No, any person like, huge. Like a giant deal!’“
“And he did not perceive that I did not perceive. The worldwide attain of that present, on the time the place there was no streaming,” she completed.
The cleaning soap star is the second within the visitor host lineup, following Taraji P. Henson’s stint on Monday; different celebrities on account of be a part of Jenna embrace Keke Palmer and Scarlett Johansson.
Jenna & Pals changed the earlier iteration of the phase, At this time with Hoda and Jenna.
Hoda stated an emotional goodbye on Friday when she left the At this time studio for the ultimate time; the mom of two shared that she selected to step again from the present to give attention to her younger daughters.




