Seasoned celebs like Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie don’t have as much online evidence of their teenage years.
Kotb herself said that she identified as a self-proclaimed nerd.
When Kaling acted skeptical, Kotb and Guthrie adamantly exclaimed, “We were!”
To further drive that point home, the pair bonded over a shared teenage woe.
Neither went to that pinnacle event of every high schooler’s final year of youth prom.
“The Mindy Project” actor had gone to both her junior and senior prom.
The co-hosts replied for get a date, they had to be the ones doing the asking.
It’s unclear if Kotb and Guthrie didn’t bother with a promposal or if they were turned down.
Savannah Guthrie added, “No one asked me.”
The classic picture was taken when she attended Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Arizona.
It was also around that time that Guthrie had her first high school job.
I bussed tables."
After her time in the restaurant, she moved to another food-related field a cookie store.
Guthrie joked that she quickly gained weight before landing her teenage dream job at a skateboard business.
What was high school like for the women of the Today Show?
I was kind of the misfit."
The broadcast journalist recently returned to her high school alma mater for its 60th-anniversary celebrations.
Her daughter, Hope, sported an adorable cheerleading outfit that matched the Fort Hunt Federals official uniform.
Kotb had nothing but praise for the school and some of its former teachers, especially the athletic staff.
Interestingly enough, Kotb’s first job was athletic in nature, too she had a paper route.
Despite their “nerdy” high school careers, both women have stellar reputations nowadays.
They’ve gone from prom no-shows to appearing on television daily quite astunning transformationif we do say so ourselves.
