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Dylan Dreyer Reacts to Hoda Kotb’s ‘TODAY’ Show Exit & Shares Who Could Replace Her<\/p>\n
Dylan Dreyer<\/strong> is forecasting a family reunion in her future.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Today anchor revealed she and\u00a0Alix Earle<\/a><\/strong> share a family connection while interviewing the influencer on Today <\/a>May 12.<\/p>\n As Dylan explained to cohosts Al Roker<\/strong> and Craig Melvin<\/strong>, \u201cWe\u2019re second cousins.\u201d<\/p>\n “Growing up, your dad is like one of seven. You have lots of brothers and sisters,” Dylan told Alix of her dad, Thomas “TJ” Earle<\/strong>, who is Dylan’s first cousin.\u00a0“You have a million cousins. The Christmas card, when it arrives every year, there’s like 100 people in it.”<\/p>\n Alix\u2014who has four siblings, including fellow influencer Ashtin Earle<\/strong>\u2014agreed, saying, “My family’s huge.”<\/p>\n In addition to confirming they\u2019re related, Alix confessed that she almost pursued a career in broadcast journalism because of watching her cousin on TV “all the time” when she was growing up.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I took a broadcasting course in college, or it was a little club after school. And I was not very good at it, so I quit,” the Dancing With the Stars alum laughed. “But I always wanted to be just like you.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n