Hoda Kotb Hangs with Kevin Costner at Super Bowl 2025 as Savannah Guthrie Jokes: 'New Couple Alert'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kevin Costner and Hoda Kotb at Super Bowl LIX 2025 in New Orleans, LA.Photo:hodakotb/Instagram

hodakotb/Instagram

The 2025Super Bowlbrought many celebrities together, includingHoda KotbandKevin Costner.

Kotb included a photo with Costner inan Instagram postfollowing the game — and the reunion got her former colleaguesSavannah GuthrieandJenna Bush Hagerexcited.

“New couple alert cc @jennabushager 🚨,” Guthrie commented on Kotb’s post, joking about her and Costner being an item.

Bush Hager was on board too, as she replied to Guthrie’s comment, “We have been waiting for this moment ❤️ .”

The joke about Kotb (whoseparated from fiancé Joel Schiffman in 2022) and Costner (whofinalized his divorce from Christine Baumgartnerlast February) first caught theTodayshow alum’s attention during a visit toWatch What Happens Livein July.

She joked, though, that “if the viewers want it,” she’d do it.

In January, days beforeher exit fromToday, Bush Hager brought up the actor again as the fourth-hour co-hosts talked about what to wear on a date.

“If you’re going out with Kevin Costner…” Bush Hager teased, advisingKotb to “take those Spanx off” should she ever go on a date with the Oscar winner.

Hoda Kotb on ‘Today’ on December 19, 2023.Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty

Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty

Before joining theTodayshow, Kotb worked as an anchor and reporter for local New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL. Over the years, she has shown her support for the New Orleans Saints and gave the commencement speech at the local Tulane University in 2006.

“It’s the closest to a hometown I’ve ever felt,” Kotb toldSouthern Livingof New Orleans in June 2024. “There’s a magnetism about New Orleans that grabs you right out the gate.”

Last month, Kotb ended her tenure ontheTodayshowafter 17 years. On her final day on the NBC news program, she shared her heartfelt thank you.

“Can I just say thank you real quick?” Kotb said. “Can I just say thank you to every person who came out here? I read your cards. I got your bracelets I got the scarves you crocheted. I read the texts. I got everything. So I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you for coming out, for being here and for everything you did.”

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source: people.com