"The ick" is a slang term for feeling suddenly repulsed by a romantic partner — and according to the former first daughter, it's not a totally foreign concept to herJenna Bush Hager is proving that even longtime couples are not immune from “the ick.

They were like], ‘Hey, y’all,’ isn’t for the whole country.’ And I was like, ‘Well, but it’s who I am,’” Jenna Bush Hager said.

Speaking on Today with Hoda & Jenna on Monday (December 2), Bush Hager and Kotb opened up about what changes they had to make when they first arrived at NBC. According to Bush Hager, who started as a correspondent in 2009, there was one specific Southern phrase the network banned her from using.

TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager stops by the plaza to announce her Read with Jenna book club pick for 2024: “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver.”

Jenna Bush Hager told her "Today with Hoda & Jenna" co-host that NBC told her to stop using the Southern slang since it's not "for the whole country."

"When you try to pretend you’re somebody else, it feels crazy," Bush Hager said The Today hosts are revealing the rules they follow on-air. On the Dec. 2 episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager shared how they had to change when they joined NBC.

Despite being unapologetically themselves on the Today show, Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb faced some struggles to be able to do so. "If you don't fit, they want you to wear something a certain way,

Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager is peeling back the curtain about her experience with the morning show. According to Bush Hager, the network was fairly strict when it came to her saying "y'all." During the December 2 installment of Today With Hoda & Jenna,