Scarlett Johansson and Jenna Bush Hager.
TODAYScarlett JohanssonThe childhood dream of being a morning show host is a dream few of those close to her knew about.
“I can’t believe it,” the 40-year-old actress exclaimed, speaking as Jenna Bush Hagerco-host of the Tuesday, January 21 episode of Today with Jenna and her friends. “And more importantly, everyone in my life can’t believe it either.” … People who knew me very well told me, “You’re living your dream. I’m so happy for you. People who didn’t know me either were like, “What’s going on? Are you OK?'”
Johansson noted that when she was a child, she would look “in the mirror with a bottle of shampoo and I would say, ‘Hello everyone and I hope you had a wonderful weekend.’ What’s going on in your neck of the woods? All that.
While Johansson wanted to be a Today the host, Bush Hager, 43, wanted the opposite. “Your life was my dream. I wanted to be a Broadway star, but I didn’t have any talent,” she told Johansson, who had previously appeared on Broadway in plays. A view from the bridge And Cat on a burning tin roof. “I had no talent. I can’t sing, for example, but my mother pushed me to try Les Miserables even though I was, like, kind of a big Texas (kid.)… Not my vibes.
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Johansson is the fifth celebrity to join Bush Hager Jenna and her friends following Hoda KotbIt is exit from Today earlier this month. Taraji P. Henson, Eva Longoria, Kéké Palmer And Michelle Buteau took co-hosting tasks last week, while Johansson will sit alongside Bush Hager until Friday, January 24.
To celebrate Johansson’s first day in the role, she and Bush Hager got to know each other through a game of “Best Friends Five.” When asked if they were an early riser or a night owl, Johansson revealed that his nocturnal tendencies kept him from waking up that morning.
“My phone was on silent, which was really cool. I barely slept a wink last night because I was like, “Oh, my God. My alarm won’t go off,” she explained. “And then, at one point, I thought, ‘I need to rest,’ and so I kind of rested. And then, I woke up to pee, and I thought, “Why is it daytime outside?” And that’s how I woke up this morning, so I rushed in here. early riser because I have two children and that’s how it happens.
When answering whether they preferred receiving flirty text messages or love notes, Johansson became jealous when Bush Hager told her husband: Henri Hager“sometimes” writes him romantic letters. “I feel depressed,” she joked, making fun of her husband. Colin Jost.
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost’s love story is one for the books. The Golden Globes nominee and the Saturday Night Live star were first spotted together in May 2017 at an afterparty celebrating the season 42 finale of the NBC variety show. A year later, he called Johansson his “girlfriend” during a “Weekend Update” segment on SNL. (…)
While Bush Hager said they could both talk to Jost, 42, about it, Johansson added: “I’m not even going to tell you what kind of emojis I get.” (The couple, who married in 2020, share daughter Rose, 10, and son Cosmo, 3.)
Johansson has already been able to meet her Today host the dream by joining Al Roker for its weather report following a November 2024 interview on the show. “I was directed by Scarlett Johansson,” Roker, 70, said at the time. After sharing a hug with the meteorologist, Johansson asked, “Did I get the job?”