“When you give a shot to pretend you’re somebody else, it feels crazy.”

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Hey, y’all.

“They were like ‘Hey, y’all, isn’t for the whole country.’

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on Today

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The end result is “I’m not being myself.

I’m trying to fit here.

I’m trying to speak their language,” Kotb added.

Ultimately, Bush Hager resisted the call to ignore her Texas roots because it didn’t feel genuine.

“We have to pretend to be news people?”

“Because whenever I tried to pretend to be a news person, I felt like I was acting.

And we all know …

I’m not a great actor.

When you attempt to pretend you’re somebody else, it feels crazy.”