Jenna Bush Hager Jokes About Hoda Kotb Losing 'All Eyesight' [Watch]
Hoda Kotb got one of her contact lenses stuck in her eye, and it was documented in one episode of her show with Jenn Bush Hager.
On Thursday's episode of "Today With Hoda & Jenna," Kotb shared that she had a contact lens stuck in her left eye. Kotb told her co-host that she took off her contact lenses the night before but couldn't find one of them, so she thought that it was still on.
"Is this a medical emergency?" Bush Hager joked.
"Well, it feels like it's in there. I'm not kidding, I was going to go to the eye doctor, but I didn't have time," Kotb replied.
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Kotb then turned to the camera and asked the audience for help.
"Maybe people have tricks to how to get it out! I'm sure people have had contacts that have rolled up. If you guys know, can you post on X?" Kotb said.
"Can we help our girl get her contact out?" Bush Hager added, encouraging the people to share tips for removing contact lenses.
Kotb was later seen with a large hand mirror after the commercial. She was still trying to locate her contact lens while they navigated to proceed with the "Girl Code" segment.
"We have breaking news," Bush Hager jokingly announced when they were back on the air. "Hoda's now lost all eyesight because her other contact fell out."
Kotb insisted that there were two contacts stuck in her eye. Her co-host added that "both [were] lost in the eye cavity." It wasn't clear when or how the other lens got stuck in the same eye.
Kotb asked Bush Hager to read the teleprompter since she could not read it. But before Bush Hager started to read the teleprompter, Kotb read one of the recommendations from X.
"Someone said, pull your lid and look down," and she did as told and successfully removed the eye contact lens.
"Oh wait! That's one or two [contacts]? That's one," Kotb said as she inspected it. "That was so crazy! That was the best advice."
Bush Hager was ecstatic with Kotb's progress. She clapped her hands while exclaiming, "Oh my god, it came out!" She encouraged Kotb to do it again since the latter said there were two lenses stuck in her left eye.
Bush Hager continued with the "Girl Code" segment and answered questions about how to navigate social dilemmas. Meanwhile, Kotb still struggled to read the teleprompter.
"I can only see you. Everything is super fuzzy, it looks like a bunch of mushed-up colors," Kotb said.
Both struggled during the "Girl Code" segment until Bush Hager announced they had to move on and jokingly added, "Let's hope a doctor arrives and Hoda will be able to see."
"Today with Jenna and Hoda" airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.
