On the Dec. 9 episode of TODAY with Jenna & Friends, Jenna Bush Hager announced Sheinelle will be her new co-host on what will be called TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle.

After she sat down with Jenna, Sheinelle said she got a phone call the night before from Hoda Kotb while she was at a dance recital for her daughter, Clara . Sheinelle slipped out into the lobby for a quick chat.

“I said, ‘Hey,’” Sheinelle recalled.

“She goes, ‘Don’t say anything. Just listen,’” Sheinelle said. “And she gave me, like, 45 seconds of just wisdom that changed me, and I’ll give you one part of it. She said, ‘You’re going to be doing graduation speeches and all that. I promise you.’ She goes, ‘Let’s remember this moment.”

Sheinella said Hoda told her how working with Jenna will change her life.

“‘You’re g

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