Savannah Guthrie admitted that asking Jalen Hurts a question about the Philadelphia Eagles’ Tush Push move is her “career lowlight”
The Today co-anchor is a big Philadelphia Eagles fan
Guthrie said the moment was “cringey”
Savannah Guthrie is still cringing over a question she asked Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts back in February.
The 53-year-old Today show co-anchor is also a major Philadelphia Eagles fan and was thrilled to welcome Hurts after his team sealed their 2025 Super Bowl victory against the Kansas City Chiefs. But a question she asked Hurts, 26, during the interview with Carson Daly haunts her to this day.
“I just want to say, I did not ask Jalen Hurts if it felt good with the Tush Push,” Guthrie insisted on Today on Tuesday, May 20. “That was a deep fake. I don’t think it actually happened. There was a context.”
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Carson Daly and Savannah Guthrie interview Jalen Hurts on ‘Today’
However, Guthrie finally admitted, “It’s as cringey now as it was then. Career lowlight.”
During the February interview, Guthrie and Daly, 51, actually stood up to demonstrate the move, nicknamed the Tush Push, in which one player shoves the other from behind to help get them over the line for a touchdown.
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The Philadelphia Eagles execute the Tush Push in Super Bowl game against the Kansas City Chiefs
“Well, your tush, I felt like it was pushable,” Guthrie told Daly at the time, asking Hurts, “Do you have to kind of have the right…?”
“Well, thanks,” Daly replied. “What does that mean?”
“I dunno, it just felt good to kind of push you over,” Guthrie told her co-anchor before asking Hurts. “Does it feel kind of good?”
Hurts laughed off the question, replying, “Eh, no thoughts. Just trying to win the game, that’s all.”
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In fact, Hurts shared that he doesn’t even call the maneuver the Tush Push, but opted not to share what he and his teammates call it.
“I’ve been closed lips on that,” he said in the February interview.
NFL owners are set to vote on a ban that would potentially prohibit the Tush Push this week, bringing the move back into the news.
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