It’s been nearly three months since Hoda Kotb left Jenna Bush Hager to helm the third hour of Today, and Bush Hager still has a lot to thank her former co-host for. Bush Hager credited Kotb’s exit for “a really good lesson in saying goodbye” in an interview with E! News, noting that she “was so sad.”

To prepare for his Today cohosting gig, Jenna Bush Hager's husband, Henry Hager, recruited help from a familiar face. Hager, 46, visited his wife's 30 Rock colleagues to "get some tips from some pros" in a video package during the Thursday,

Today's Jenna Bush Hager revealed how her former fourth hour co-host Hoda Kotb has been keeping tabs on the NBC morning show since Hoda left the news desk in January.