Jenna Bush Hager Gushes About Husband Henry's Support in Her Career

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13-05-2025

Just last month, Jenna Bush Hager gave fans a glimpse into her home life when her husband, Henry Hager, joined her as Today Show co-host following Hoda Kotb's exit. While he was nervous at first, chatting with his wife soon calmed the jitters, and fans loved getting to know behind-the-scenes stories of dating during her years in the White House, parenting their three kids, and more.
Speaking to SheKnows about their connection at the IT Cosmetics launch of the Do It All Radiant Concealer on April 22, Jenna gushed that her husband is one of the biggest reasons that she – you guessed it – does it all.
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'My husband helps me do it all,' she tells SheKnows. 'I mean, we moved to New York because I got a job. He moved for me because he believed in me. And so he, you know, is my partner in everything.'
Jenna and Henry got married in May 2008 after four years together. They share kids Mila, born in 2013, Poppy, born in 2015, and Hal, born in 2019.
'I think the days of women doing it all, and the men doing nothing are done,' she says. 'So find somebody that's going to do it all with you, because having a team member, a teammate, is really important.'
'Obviously, he would be the first to say, 'Oh my gosh, you signed the kids up for all this stuff,' 'You do all of this,'' Jenna adds. 'But I couldn't do any of it, really, without him.'
While Henry's support certainly helps, there's one key principle Jenna follows to continue her roles as a mom, wife, TV host, book club leader, and so on.
'I feel like I do it all and kind of a wild, frenetic, messy way,' she says. 'I think when all women wear a lot of different hats, and we're constantly shuffling and reorganizing, and there's so much going on in our brains, and so I try to do it all without putting pressure on myself, being full of grace to myself as I would be to my best friends, which isn't always easy.'
'Even on the way here, I called my kids and they were like, 'What, you might be home after bedtime?' And the truth is, that's what all women are doing every single day,' she says. 'So I think I try to do it all with grace to myself, which means not putting pressure to do it all perfectly.'
It also helps to have a handy concealer, like the IT Cosmetics Do It All Radiant Concealer, to hide anything that needs hiding, too. 'I like things that are like, especially on the weekends with my kids, super simple, super clean,' she says. 'You put on one product and you go, which is one of the reasons why I'm obsessed with this product.'
Coming up for Jenna is Mother's Day next month, which will also coincide with Henry's 47th birthday and their anniversary (both on May 10th). 'There's a lot to celebrate, and sometimes his birthday gets the shaft, and sometimes my mother's day gets the shaft,' she laughs. 'But I like just hanging with the kids.'
'I don't have a wish list, and I do need to send something to my mom, but I just got to see her,' she recalls. On April 7, Jenna shared a sweet shot on Instagram of her having dinner with her sister, Barbara Bush, her mom, Laura Bush, and her dad, former president George W. Bush.
'We went to dinner with my sister, my mom, my dad and me, and because I've been married since I was a child bride,' she jokes. 'And my sister is married and I have three kids, that doesn't happen very often, and so that was so, so nice,' she says. 'I mean, it's really just, I want time, you know?'
With a sweet and supportive family like Jenna's, we'd also be wishing for more time!Best of SheKnows
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