Jenna Bush Hager Gets a Dramatic Haircut While on Air
Originally appeared on E! Online
Jenna Bush Hager is checking into the summer with a new look.
Indeed, the Jenna & Friends host made good on her promise to Leslie Bibb and joined the White Lotus star in rocking one of the summer's most in demand looks: The blunt bob. And Jenna had Leslie's hairstylist Chris McMillan along for the ride to help her achieve the look.
As the final hour of Today came to a close June 16, Jenna took the plunge with Leslie by her side as Chris—who is also known for Jennifer Aniston's iconic Rachel haircut from Friends—slowly chopped the back of Jenna's signature shoulder length hair blonde tresses.
And Leslie, who first convinced Jenna to try out the cut in during her March appearance on the show, cheered Jenna on as Chris got to work, telling her, 'You're such a badass, you're cool. I love this.'
As for Jenna's reaction to the 'do after Leslie handed Jenna the clipped blonde tresses from the nape of her neck Jenna exclaimed 'Whoa that's so short.'
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However, Chris assured Jenna that the back of the head is always the shortest part and that the look would actually accent the color that she already has in her hair. And though she was getting the cut done in front of Leslie, Today staff, onlookers outside of Studio 6A and viewers at home Jenna—mom to kids Mila, 13, Poppy, 9, and Hal, 5, with husband Henry Hager—revealed the one person she's curious for a reaction from. who was a little apprehensive.
'I will say, my daughter was like, 'Mom don't do it,'' she said. ''You're gonna regret it.''
'Tomorrow,' Jenna told the camera, 'You'll see the full look.'
After the show, Chris shared insight into the style, sharing he wanted to keep Jenna's look 'a little more modern and sexy,' so that the anchor can be versatile with her hair like Jessica Biel, Leslie and Charlize Theron.
"You can slick it behind your ears, like do the tuck," he told Today.com in an interview published June 16. "You can wear it natural, you can wear it wavy.'
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