Jenna Bush Hager has lived in the public eye nearly her entire life. Both her grandfather and father were presidents at different times in her life. She was a young girl during her grandfather’s terms and in college during George W. Bush’s two terms. She married Henry Hager in 2008 and opened up about people calling her marriage “weird.” Keep reading for all the details.
Today Hosts Address Megan Thee Stallion Breakup
President Trump’s attendance at this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was abruptly canceled after gunfire broke out. An armed intruder was able to bypass a security check. He was quickly subdued. The shooting was headline news around the country.
But the fourth hour of the Today Show gave viewers a reprieve from the heavy topic by focusing on lighter fare. Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones discussed rapper Megan Thee Stallion publicly ending her relationship amid allegations that her man cheated on her.
The conversation led the hosts to discuss the “rules” of dating when they were around Megan Thee Stallion’s age. Jenna Bush Hager admitted that people found it “weird” that she and her future husband followed one of the rules.
Jenna Bush Hager Defends ‘Weird’ Marriage Amid Criticism
The Today host met her future husband in 2004 when he was working on her father’s reelection campaign. They married in 2008 and share three children, Mila, Poppy, and Hal. Their oldest daughter, Mila, recently turned 13. Due to her upbringing, Jenna Bush didn’t live with her husband before they were married.
She said that people thought that was strange. “My parents [George W. Bush and Laura Bush] probably would’ve been okay with it, but we just didn’t because of timing, and blah blah blah. People thought it was weird. I remember people being like, ‘Are you sure? Like, do you know?’” she recalled.
Sheinelle Jones shared that she didn’t live with her late husband, Uche Ojeh, before they were married, either. The hosts said that’s just how relationships worked in their day. As for Megan Thee Stallion, the Today Show hosts sent her their love and their belief that she’ll find the right person someday.
She Addresses Why They Look Alike
Jenna Bush Hager has shared a lot about her husband and marriage over the years. He was the topic of conversation the following day, as well. Sheinelle Jones asked her co-host if she thought it was true that women marry men like their fathers.
I first met your husband, I was like, ‘Oh, wow! He’s kinda like her dad.’ He’s fun, he almost kinda— do you think he kinda looks like him a little bit?” Sheinelle Jones asked. Jenna Bush Hager said she doesn’t really think her husband looks like her dad.
However, she agrees with people who think she and her husband look alike. “I think Henry and I sort of have big heads. I think we have big faces, which, therefore, we could be brother-sister, which they also say,” she explained.
The Today host doesn’t tolerate criticism of her marriage, but she can take a joke about how much she looks like her husband. Tell us in the comments – do you think women marry men who remind them of their fathers?
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
