TODAY CHAOS: Jenna Bush Hager and Brooke Shields experienced a TERRIFYING INCIDENT on live television when the host yelled.
As the two co-hosts started to take their seats at the main table, Brooke began to visibly sink as Jenna began to yell, “something is wrong.”
Brooke took the mishap like a champ and said, “Why am I at the kid’s table?”
She also joked: “I get it, it’s your show, I get it.”
Jenna looked over to producers to see if they could help fix the situation and also made light of the gaffe.
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“Is this the first time in your whole life you’ve ever felt not tall?” she said to Brooke and exclaimed, “We’ve never had a chair issue.”
While producers rushed to find Brooke a new chair, the actress improvised and tucked her leg underneath her to give her a bit more height.
The hilarious moment was shared to the show’s official Instagram account and wrote, “we’re sorry” in the caption.
Jenna has worked with a number of different co-hosts, including Matt Rogers and Minka Kelly, after Hoda Kotb stepped away from the morning show in January.
The U.S Sun revealed in February that Sheinelle Jones was a frontrunner to be Jenna’s permanent fourth hour host.
Sheinelle had been away from Today since December of last year to be with her family amid her late husband Uche Ojeh‘s brave battle with brain cancer and returned to her regular hosting duties on September 5.
Uche died in May at just 45, leaving behind their three children: her son Kayin, 16, and 13-year-old twins Clara and Uche.
Sources have previously shared that the Today team “has been extremely supportive” of the much-loved journalist throughout her time away as she coped with this personal tragedy.
Sources now say that as she is officially returning, she is top of the mind as Hoda’s permanent replacement alongside Jenna for what is currently called Today With Jenna and Friends.
One insider said Sheinelle checks off the right boxes for the show, which is currently being hosted by a less-experienced Jenna.
“They want an adult in the room, someone who has TV in their bones, and Sheinelle has been on TV since she was 19,” the insider said.
The show has seen success with rotating hosts since Hoda left in January.
Execs are also said to be eyeing NBC’s own Willie Geist, and popular podcaster and actor Matt Rogers.
