Savannah Guthrie Calls Asking Jalen Hurts About the 'Tush Push' a 'Career Lowlight'

Published: May 20, 2025

Savannah Guthrie, the co-anchor of the Today show, is still cringing over a question she asked Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts back in February.

Guthrie, a longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan, was thrilled to welcome Hurts after his team sealed their 2025 Super Bowl victory against the Kansas City Chiefs. However, a question she asked Hurts during the interview with Carson Daly still 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."

However, Guthrie finally admitted, "It's as cringey now as it was then. Career lowlight."

The Cringeworthy Moment

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.

"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.”

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.

The Cringeworthy Moment

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