Jenna Bush Hager is not afraid of a little innocent flirting; she even thinks it adds a little spark to her marriage to her husband Henry Chase Hager.
In a candid conversation with her Today show cohost Hoda KotbBush Hager revealed, “Sometimes I like it when people flirt with Henry.”
When asked why, the former first daughter, 42, explained it was a confidence booster, saying, “I’m like, ‘Baby girl still got it!'” She added, “Because I’m very secure am in our relationship.”
Although Bush Hager says she appreciates a little attention for her husband, she also draws the line.
“When it comes to a very small amount [of flirting,] “I find it attractive,” she said, but emphasized that Hager “wouldn’t do it very often.”
The couple’s love story began during her father’s time George W Bush‘s presidency, with some funny moments along the way.
Early in their relationship, Bush Hager let her now husband in for a secret overnight stay at the White House, but was caught by a Secret Service agent.
Bush Hager candidly shared the moment about both Watch what’s happening live of Andy Cohen And Today with Hoda and Jennato her cohost, “Henry said he woke up and looked around and said, ‘Aaaaaaaah’ because he worked for my dad.”
Despite the surprise encounter, her response was nonchalant: “’Have fun,’ I didn’t care. Bye!” she remembered.
“My parents were traveling and I was staying there,” Bush Hager added. “We went to the bars and, like all relationships, it reached a certain level.”
“Can you imagine waking up and just thinking, ‘Where am I? What is this strange room?” she added.
However, Bush Hager later told Cohen that the problem was that Hager “got caught” by the Secret Service.
In a podcast episode with Kate Bowler Last year, Bush Hager said she admired her husband for his ability to roll with the punches.
“The thing is, he stuck around after that, and then some,” she said. “I’m attracted to people – and I think everyone does – who get into the game.”
The couple has now been happily married for 15 years and shares three children: Mila, 10, Poppy, 8, and Hal, 4. Hager made it clear that their family is complete — despite Bush Hager wanting baby No. 4.
“It’s time for me to have another baby,” Jenna, 41, said on an August 2023 episode of Today with Hoda and Jenna. “I’d like to have another one… We don’t.”
“Henry put his foot down. He says we have three healthy babies,” she added, noting that age and previous “health issues” were the reasons the couple would not move forward with another pregnancy.
Although Bush Hager did not specify which health issues she was referring to, she has been candid in the past about the ectopic pregnancy she experienced before giving birth to daughter Mila in 2013.
She said that although losing the baby was difficult at the time, she is grateful for her three healthy, happy children.
“When I look at the faces of those three children — if that baby had still lived — the other three wouldn’t necessarily be mine, and I always think about those little twists that felt like the greatest heartbreak,” she said.