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Hoda Kotb 's finding out about the romance the internet (and Today ) fans are shipping for her, and she's not mad about it. On Tuesday's episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen , a viewer called in and asked her how she feels about the world "shipping" her and Kevin Costner , following their sit-down interview last month. After hearing the question, a shocked Kotb, 59, looked over to Cohen and her co-host and friend, Savannah Guthrie .

"Wait what?," she exclaimed with some laughter. "I have never ever heard that, not one time." When asked by Guthrie if she's down for connecting with the Horizon: An American Saga star, Kotb was not against it.



"Well, if the viewers want it ," she quipped while looking at the camera. "Give the people what they want," Guthrie added. The conversation continued on Wednesday's episode of Today With Hoda and Jenna .

Kotb's co-anchor, Jenna Bush Hager , brought up the moment, admitting that she stayed up late to watch her pal on WWHL and that people have been personally asking her about shipping Kotb and Costner, 69. "I actually did know because people were coming up to me on the street, and people were like, 'You should set up Hoda and Kevin Costner,'" she said. "I didn't know they were flirting behind my back.

" Hoda, still shocked at the world's "unbelievable" requests, was even more surprised when the Today team ran an edit of her and Costner from the day of their interview. In the video, set to slow music, both the actor and the anchor.

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