Jenna Bush Hager reveals dad George W. Bush said he doesn’t watch her…
Jenna Bush Hager is vetoing this scorching take.
The “Today with Jenna & Friends” host, 43, shared on “Today” that viewers might not see her father, former President George W. Bush, on her morning speak present anytime soon.
Since Hoda Kotb left “Today” in January, Bush Hager has had a collection of rotating visitor co-hosts on.
Bush, 79, meanwhile, just lately appeared on Peyton and Eli Manning’s “ManningCast” present on Monday.
Despite his zoom cameo, the former POTUS has yet to return on his daughter’s present as a co-host.
Jenna Bush Hager poses in entrance of her morning present section signal. NBC
George W. Bush on the “Manningcast” present. Eli Manning/YouTube
George W. Bush seems from zoom on Eli and Peyton Manning’s “Manningcast” present. Eli Manning/YouTube
“I’ve actually asked him, and maybe I’ll do a public ask for him to come and be a ‘friend’ since he’s my father,” Bush Hager confessed on Wednesday.
Her co-hosts pointed out that Bush doesn’t actually make tv appearances, to which the journalist replied: “Well, he said he was retired so I was surprised as anyone to see him on Monday night.”
Savannah Guthrie said that Bush didn’t have to depart the consolation of his own residence for his “ManningCast” look. However, to return on his daughter’s present, that requires a visit to the Big Apple.
“Why don’t you go to Texas and do the show from there?” Al Roker requested.
Bush Hager said she didn’t suppose “Jenna & Friends” had that kind of price range.
“I feel like for a former president we could find it,” Craig Melvin quipped.
Jenna Bush Hager and George W. Bush on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. NBCU Photo Bank by way of Getty Images
Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager on “Today” in March 2025. Nathan Congleton/NBC by way of Getty Images
She responded: “Okay, I’m sure he’ll still say no. He says things like, ‘I don’t watch your dumb show.’ ”
The “Today” co-hosts erupted in laughter, with Carson Daly including: “That’s why we love him!”
Despite Bush not wanting to return on the NBC program, his daughter has had fairly a few relations be part of her in the past.
Bush Hager’s husband, Henry Hager, twin sister Barbara Bush Pierce, and many cousins all made appearances.
In March, Bush Hager’s mother, former first woman Laura Bush, joined Bush Pierce for a particular sit-down.
In 2018, Bush Hager also interviewed her father and grandfather, George Bush Sr., for the “Today” present.
Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, George W Bush and Laura Bush on Tuesday, April 20, 2019 on “Today.” NBCU Photo Bank by way of Getty Images
George W. Bush poses along with his household in 1987. Getty Images
In 2021, President Bush got here on “Today with Hoda & Jenna” during a section on immigration.
“Mom and I are very proud of your independent views,” President Bush told his daughter while on air. “You take time to understand issues, and you’re not afraid to speak your mind.”
Bush Hager hasn’t shied away from sharing household conversations with the public over the years.
In October, she recounted a Christmas Eve dinner at the Bush household dwelling that introduced her mother, 79, to tears.
“My dad was like, ‘You a–holes!’” she said at a Midi Health event at the time. “We couldn’t believe it. We looked at him, and he said, ‘Your mom’s going through menopause; go and apologize.’ ”
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on “Today” in 2024. Nathan Congleton/NBC
Bush also supported his daughter following the news that Kotb, 61, was departing the present.
“I don’t know if you’re embarrassed to say this or not, but I think you should,” Kotb told Bush Hager earlier this 12 months. “You called your dad. And I remember when we first started working together you were afraid.”
Bush Hager recounted speaking to her dad when she changed Kathie Lee Gifford as Kotb’s co-host on the 10 a.m. hour present on “Today” in 2019.
“I called my dad when I started. He said, ‘I’m so happy for you — and Hoda’s the star. You’re gonna be okay with that, right? You’re gonna be okay with sharing the spotlight with the star?’” Bush Hager said.
“I said, ‘Yeah. Of course.’”
President George W. Bush and Jenna Bush pose for a photographer previous to her wedding ceremony in 2008 close to Crawford, Texas. WireImage
Bush Hager then revealed that she reached out to the ex-Commander in Chief to speak via Kotb leaving the present.
“I called him last night. First, he thought something really awful [happened], like a lost loved one, because of how emotional I was,” she revealed. “And he said, ‘Oh, she’s leaving cause it’s time and you’re gonna be fine. It’s your turn. It’s okay.’”
“It’s your turn. It’s your turn,” she recalled him saying. “And whoever sits in this seat is going to have the easiest job in the world cause they’re sitting next to you. The only thing they have to do is not laugh so hard they pee their pants. That’s it. They just have to hang on.”
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