Jenna Bush Hager Says Her Dad Roasted Her So Hard, Barack Obama Felt Bad For Her
Leave it to your family to knock you down a few pegs.
On Monday’s episode of “Today with Hoda & Jenna,” Jenna Bush Hagergave her co-host, Hoda Kotb,a recap of her weekend — and it involved eating a big ol’ slice of humble pie served up by her dad.
On Saturday, Bush Hager moderated a conversation between her parents, former first lady Laura Bush and former President George W. Bush , at an event in Los Angeles called “History Talks,” Variety reports. The half-day event was hosted by A&E and the History Channel, and featured guest speakers like Kevin Costner, Eva Longoria, Kerry Washington, Kate Winslet, John Legend and former President Barack Obama .
“I was with my parents, which is always really hilarious because [of] the dynamic,” Bush Hager told Kotb.
Although Bush Hager was the moderator of the discussion, it doesn’t seem like her father took her role as the leader very seriously.
“I would give some insight here or there, when I felt like I could,” Bush Hager said of her moderating style. “But other than that, [my father would] be like, ‘Yeah, Jen, OK, why don’t you tell everybody about the time you were arrested?’”
Bush Hager was arrested in 2001 at age 19 for attempting to buy alcohol at a Chuy’s Mexican restaurant with someone else’s ID. She was attending college in Austin, Texas, at the time. Her twin sister, Barbara, was in tow, but was not arrested.
Their father was in office at the time, so we’re sure the incident was a whole lot of fun for the entire Bush family.
Although Bush Hager didn’t specify any other jokes her dad made about her during the event, she did imply that his cracks weren’t limited to her 2001 arrest, telling Kotb she underwent a “one-hour roast.”
“I would ask questions, he would roast