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."

As Hoda Kotb prepares for her exit from Today, the star is getting candid about her time on the show after 26 years working for NBC. Speaking with co-host Jenna Bush Hager, the duo opened up about how they had to change when they joined the major news network.

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.

Jenna Bush Hager has learned a lot about the TV business since she started on the Today show 15 years ago. On Monday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, she and Hoda Kotb 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,

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager have had to follow some unusual rules while hosting “Today With Hoda & Jenna” on NBC. Bush Hager, 43, said that when she joined the show as a correspondent in 2009, the network took issue with her saying the phrase “y’all.

Jenna Bush Hager claims she was told not to say "Hey, y'all" when she joined NBC in 2009 on the Dec. 2 episode of 'Today.' Co-host Hoda Kotb added that she also felt like she had to "change" for the network and said it took "a long time" to be herself on air again.