Hoda Kotb named Justin Sylvester as one of many individuals she hopes will cohost the At present present's Jenna & Mates alongside Jenna Bush Hager — and Rachel Lindsay cosigns that message.
“I'll say the issues that Justin can't say. Not solely did [Kotb] cosign him, she mentioned, ‘I'm sorry, who? I'm sorry, what? It's Justin Sylvester.' Justin Sylvester ought to be the cohost of Jenna & Mates,” Lindsay, 40, instructed Us Weekly completely on the “LadyGang” podcast's three-day LadyWorld Pageant in Miramar Seaside, Florida. “That is no shade or disrespect to every other person who has shared the platform with Jenna. They're nice, they're stunning, they're dynamic, they're clever. However Justin brings an power that you simply can't recreate.”
Lindsay continued to reward her “humorous” and “relatable” greatest good friend.
“I say this as anyone who experiences in actual life, it's only for him. He ought to have it,” the previous Bachelorette star mentioned. “And who higher to get the cosign from than Hoda Kotb herself.”
Justin Sylvester and Rachel Lindsay at LADYWORLD '25 Introduced by e.l.f Cosmetics. Chelsea Lauren / Shutterstock
Kotb, 61, departed the At present present earlier this 12 months and the seek for Bush Hager's new cohost for the present's fourth hour has been on ever since. Sylvester, 38, has made a number of appearances on the present — even cohosting Jenna & Mates earlier this week.
Throughout a June look on Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen, Kotb was requested who she thinks ought to be Bush Hager's cohost. She mentioned Sylvester was one of many “contenders” for the position.
Whereas Jenna Bush Hager is having enjoyable internet hosting the fourth hour of At present along with her superstar friends, many followers nonetheless marvel who will completely take over Hoda Kotb's former position. Kotb ended her 17-year run on the NBC morning present in January 2025, after which Craig Melvin changed her as Savannah Guthrie's information coanchor. Bush […]
“I actually get pleasure from doing Jenna & Mates. The truth that Hoda Kotb handed me her marriage ceremony gown and mentioned, ‘It's your time to put on it,' is unbelievable,” Sylvester instructed Us. “I actually imagine that having two individuals who come from two completely different walks of life speak about issues and relate to issues as one is what daytime wants proper now.”
He added, “I do know I carry on saying this, however everyone wants a homosexual good friend. America wants a homosexual good friend. I'm that woman.”
Lindsay mentioned it's “a sigh of reduction” when Sylvester is on the At present present stage.
Keltie Knight, Justin Sylvester, Rachel Lindsay, Jac Vanek and Becca Tobin at LADYWORLD '25 Introduced by e.l.f Cosmetics. Chelsea Lauren / Shutterstock
“I simply need to make Hoda proud,” he added.
Sylvester first appeared on Jenna & Mates in February, earlier than returning to cohost on two separate events in April. He joined Bush Hager in Might as properly, and the duo famously recounted their expertise at Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour. Sylvester is about to return on Thursday, October 2, to spherical out the week with Bush Hager.
Previous to his Jenna & Mates appearances, Sylvester hosted E! Information from 2022 till the present ended final month. He teased his “subsequent chapter” by way of Instagram in August.
The “LadyGang” podcast's first-ever LadyWorld competition was a whirlwind weekend for followers of Becca Tobin, Keltie Knight and Jac Vanek. The trio based the podcast in 2015, they usually by no means imagined having a three-day competition (which Stassi Schroeder dubbed “podcast Coachella” whereas on stage) that included tons of supportive girls who wished nothing greater than […]
Sylvester's look at LadyWorld this previous weekend was in help of his former E! Information cohost Keltie Knight, who's one-third of the “LadyGang” podcast alongside Glee alum Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek.
He and Lindsay introduced their real-life friendship to the stage — in a means which may have shocked some individuals.
“Have you learnt that girlfriend who you name the very first thing you get up within the morning, and all you hear is, ‘Lady,' and you realize that it's gonna be a very good dialog? Rachel Lindsay is that particular person for me,” Sylvester defined. “I discuss to her each morning, and I do know that the convo is gonna be juicy by the way in which she picks up the telephone.”
Lindsay added, “Folks know Justin, they know me, however they don't actually know us collectively. … I feel that what individuals need proper now's the relatability of all of it, and we're two besties which have the most effective time, but additionally uplift each other.”
