TODAY co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager are taking their ‘Mama’s Done’ list to the next level with a new segment dedicated to sharing parenting gripes and frustrations.
Last week, the co-hosts rattled off a ‘Mama Is Done’ list, swearing off parenting pickles like throwing ‘big parties,’ and ‘ungrateful behavior’ and children who like ‘begging to stay up late.’ Jenna and her husband, Hal Hager, are parents of daughters Mila, 11, and Poppy, 8, and son Hal, 4. Hoda and her former partner Joel Schiffman share daughters Hope, 7, and Haley Joy, 4.
‘Turns out, we were really passionate last week,’ Jenna said on “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna” on April 23. ‘We went off. We vented a little bit,’ with Hoda adding, ‘We were really ticked!’
The co-hosts started a new segment titled — you know it —’Mama’s Done.’ Hoda and Jenna highlighted the best answers from an Instagram poll in which they asked fans and viewers to share their mom gripes. The call-out followed Jenna’s April 15 announcement that she is ‘done’ with losing her kids after temporarily losing daughter Mila at her 11th birthday party.
‘It was horrible,’ Jenna recalled.
On air, Hoda and Jenna shared top responses from the poll, including:
* “When they ask ‘Why?’ 500 times a day”
* “When they leave their dirty socks everywhere”
* “When they refuse to eat anything but chicken nuggets”
* “When they whine about everything”
* “When they don’t listen”
‘By the way, we want more of these,’ said Hoda. ‘Y’all, this is so good.’
Elise Solé is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles and covers parenting for TODAY Parents. She was previously a news editor at Yahoo and has also worked at Marie Claire and Women’s Health. Her bylines have appeared in Shondaland, SheKnows, Happify and more.
