Overview

• On Sept. 26, she told Today with Jenna & Friends there was a period when she received “bad grades.”
• She said her father tried to teach her math at the kitchen table, which led to “big fights” and nights she cried herself to sleep.
• Guest co-host Sheinelle Jones described the scene as relatable to many families’ homework routines.
• Coverage noted she later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and worked as a charter school teacher before moving into TV.
• Reports also emphasized her ongoing closeness with her father, referencing her emotional 2024 call to him about Hoda Kotb’s planned departure from NBC.