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Jenna Bush Hager and her cousins revealed some amusing Bush family secrets while guest hosting Today With Jenna & Friends this week. One particularly funny moment involved a friend’s unexpected encounter with former President George W. Bush at the White House.
On the show, Bush Hager was accompanied by her cousins Wendy Stapleton and Sam Bush Leblond, who shared fond memories of growing up together. Leblond had an incredible story about the rare occasions he and his friends were able to stay overnight at the White House during President Bush’s time in office.
“I’ve met the president quite often in my underwear, but this story isn’t about me,” he quipped. “I was fortunate to live in DC when you and your sister were in the White House. Sometimes we’d stay over, and occasionally, I’d bring friends along.”
Bush Hager quickly clarified that this happened “only maybe once or twice.”
Leblond continued, “One of my friends Will, he’s getting a great shoutout here, we took your bedroom, you slept in Barbara’s. And George in the middle of the morning, very early in the morning, came barging in.”
Bush Hager added in her father’s defense, “Well, it was his house. Or America’s house!”
“It was his house,” Leblond admitted. “And my friend Will, to his horror, met him in his underwear for the first time. He got to see him at my wedding a couple years later to recount the amazing story… And I think George remembered. He doesn’t meet many people in his underwear.”
The Bush Family Secrets segment then promptly ended before the cousins could reveal too much on live television. “That was wonderful. That’s all they’re gonna give us, I wonder why,” Bush Hager said before throwing it to commercial.
Next up, Bush Hager’s husband, Henry Hager, will be joining her on the fourth hour of Today. She could barely contain herself when she announced the news last week on the show.
“I’m already blushing,” she said with a laugh. She admitted her husband was feeling “a little overwhelmed” by the opportunity.
“He’s prepping, he’s been texting with all of the producers. He has ideas, I don’t know any of them,” she said. “I think it’s gonna be slightly wild.”
Today with Jenna & Friends airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.
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