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Something fishy was going on βToday.β
Viewers were left baffled when Willie Geist, the anchor of βSunday Today,β filled in for Hoda Kotb during βToday With Hoda & Jennaβ Wednesday.
Geist, 48, and co-host Jenna Bush Hager, 42, made no mention of Kotbβs absence from the program despite the 59-year-old anchor being present for the first two hours of the NBC morning show.
βNot only can Willie host all the shows on television, and pull out my chair β¦ but he also is a star,β Bush Hager gushed before turning the conversation to Geistβs most recent role on βCurb Your Enthusiasm.β
Continuing to praise her co-hostβs acting abilities, Bush Hager proclaimed that she could see Geist becoming βa soap starβ once he decided to leave the show.
βI think you could be on, like,Β βThe Young and the Restless,β β the former first daughter quipped.
Taking the comment in stride, Geist said he was βtoo old nowβ to do anything soap opera-related but joked that he could potentially be on βThe Golden Bachelor.β (Geist has been married to wife Christina since 2003.)
The Post reached out to both Kotb and NBC for comment.
Two viewers were quick to notice and comment on Kotbβs absence.
βWhereβs Hoda,β one user asked on X.
βAll that and bonus Geist,β a second fan said.
Kotb, who has been sharing hosting duties with Bush Hager since 2019, was also absent last week. She was taking time off with her daughters β Haley, 7, and Hope, 4 β during their spring break at the time.
Kotb has her children with ex-fiancΓ© Joel Schiffman.
βBeautiful days β¦ magical nights,β she captioned Instagram photos from their Mexico getaway.
βIt felt restful and great and amazing,β Kotb shared Monday. βI had an actual vacation.β
Last year, she also stepped away from the news desk for a bit due to a βfamily health matter.β
βWe can tell you that Hoda has a family health matter that sheβs been dealing with,β fellow anchor Craig Melvin said at the time.
Kotb later said her absence was due to Hope being hospitalized with an undisclosed condition.
βItβs really tricky, because I donβt want Hope to get labeled,β she said to People earlier this month. βSheβs a kid who is so vibrant, and most days everything is totally fine. I donβt want people to look at her differently.β