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Jenna Bush Hager says NBC discouraged her from saying this when she joined network
Jenna Bush Hager told her "Today with Hoda & Jenna" co-host that NBC told her to stop using the Southern slang since it's not "for the whole country."
Jenna Bush Hager Reveals The One Word NBC Told Her She Couldn’t Use On Today, And I Honestly Don’t Think I Could Have Stopped
To that end, it's almost odd to hear someone on TV with any kind of a Southern twang to their voice that doesn't say "y'all" every seven or eight words. In the same way that things feel slightly askew when someone without any Southern ties tries to use "y'all" with frequency.
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Jenna Bush Hager Reveals ‘Today’ Show Banned ‘Southern’ Phrase
Speaking on Today with Hoda & Jenna on Monday (December 2), Bush Hager and Kotb opened up about what changes they had to make when they first arrived at NBC. According to Bush Hager, who started as a correspondent in 2009, there was one specific Southern phrase the network banned her from using.
Jenna Bush Hager Says NBC Banned Her From Using 1 Phrase on ‘Today’ Show
Jenna Bush Hager has learned a lot about the TV business since she started on the Today show 15 years ago. On Monday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, she and Hoda Kotb shared how they had to change when they joined NBC.
Jenna Bush Hager Claims NBC Banned Her from Using 1 Phrase on the “Today ”Show
"When you try to pretend you’re somebody else, it feels crazy," Bush Hager said The Today hosts are revealing the rules they follow on-air. On the Dec. 2 episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager shared how they had to change when they joined NBC.
Jenna Bush Hager claims NBC forbade her from saying ‘y’all’ on ‘Today’: ‘Isn’t for the whole country’
They were like], ‘Hey, y’all,’ isn’t for the whole country.’ And I was like, ‘Well, but it’s who I am,’” Jenna Bush Hager said.
Jenna Bush Hager Says NBC Forbade Her From Saying 'Y'all' on 'Today'
Despite being unapologetically themselves on the Today show, Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb faced some struggles to be able to do so. "If you don't fit, they want you to wear something a certain way,
Jenna Bush Hager Reveals What She Was Forbidden to Say on the Today Show: ‘I Felt Like I Was Acting'
Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager is peeling back the curtain about her experience with the morning show. According to Bush Hager, the network was fairly strict when it came to her saying "y'all." During the December 2 installment of Today With Hoda & Jenna,

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