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6 days ago
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What Did Jenna Bush Hager Say About Leaving Her Today Show
Jenna Bush Hager, the host of Today With Jenna & Friends, recently revealed her plans for the future on the show. She has been on the daytime talk show since 2019, but it seems that she has made up her mind about what she intends to do in the future. Is Jenna Bush Hager leaving Today With Jenna & Friends? Jenna Bush Hager is not immediately leaving Today with Jenna & Friends, but she revealed in the latest episode of her show, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, that she is indeed open to moving back to her hometown. She claimed that she would want to move back to Austin, Texas, after this show, or her role in the show, comes to an end. She joined the show six years ago. 'I have this sort of dream — I just think everybody should have chapters in their lives. So, I have a dream, I don't know how realistic it is, but when this chapter, when the Jenna & Friends chapter has come to a close…' Bush Hager said about her potential future exit to guest host Matt Rogers. When Rogers countered, asking why that would ever happen, the host replied, 'Well, linear television, baby! Who knows?' She also revealed that her kids becoming teenagers is also another reason she is considering moving back to Austin. 'When I'm ready to go to my next chapter, I think it'd be so nice to move back to Texas and let my kids — I went to a big public high school — like, have a different life,' she added. As many know, Hager grew up with her twin sister, Barbara, and very famous parents, George W. Bush and Laura Bush, in Texas. She previously taught at educational institutions in Washington, D.C., before becoming a Today correspondent. While she is not exiting immediately, with this revelation, it is now clear that she may leave soon. The post What Did Jenna Bush Hager Say About Leaving Her Today Show appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Solve the daily Crossword
USA Today
29-07-2025
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- USA Today
Tyra Banks shocks Jenna Bush Hager with confession about what she does in bed
Tyra Banks isn't afraid to reveal her bedroom antics. While guest hosting the "Today with Jenna and Friends" broadcast on July 28, the model and "America's Next Top Model" creator said she has no problem with eating in bed — and enjoying the leftovers days later. Banks, 51, confessed to eating crumbs from days-old popcorn while telling Jenna Bush Hager about her pastime of watching TV in bed with her mom. "We do ice cream in bed; we do popcorn in bed. ... The great thing is a couple days later..." Banks said as Bush Hager interrupted: "You do not!" "A little bit," Banks replied as she mimed picking up bits of popcorn and eating them. "Jenna, I clean crumbs by eating them. Because if you put them in the trash, you're going to get roaches or something. So you just clean it up with your finger or you just eat it." "I'm not into eating in bed because I don't like crumbs," Bush Hager asserted. It's safe "if it's on your ground. It's your feet," Banks argued. "I have a no-shoe rule in my home. So that I can eat off my floor." She also delved into how long bits of food might be left before she gets around to eating them: "A few days if it's not super perishable. Like a popcorn? That's, like, astronaut food. It lasts forever." Banks then admitted that she is a "do as I say, not as I do" kind of mom. "I see my son do it, and I'm like, 'Don't do it.' And he's like, 'Mama, you do it.'" 'Did we get it right? Hell no': Tyra reflects on tough legacy of 'America's Next Top Model' Banks shares a son, 9-year-old York Banks Asla, with former partner Erik Asla, a photographer. As the show cut to a commercial break, the two continued debating just how hygienic Banks' antics are. The businesswoman's controversial comments come six months after Banks revealed that she'd lost her Los Angeles home in the deadly and unprecedented wildfires that spread across Southern California. Though some mementos burned in the Pacific Palisades blaze, her most important belongings were safe in her homes in Australia and New York.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Tearful Jenna Bush Hager Reveals Familial Tie to Texas Camp Affected By Deadly Floods
Tearful Jenna Bush Hager Reveals Familial Tie to Texas Camp Affected By Deadly Floods originally appeared on Parade. is opening up about the special connection she has to the long-running summer camp affected by the tragic floods in Texas. On the Monday, July 7 episode of the Today show, the TV personality and Texas native revealed the familial tie she has to Camp Mystic involving her mother, former first lady Laura Bush. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 "My mom was a counselor there," Bush Hager, 43, revealed, noting that her mom, wife of former president , was specifically a "drama counselor" at the Texas girls camp. The Jenna & Friends host also said she has "so many" friends who were raised at Camp Mystic. As of Monday morning, a statement on Camp Mystic's website confirmed that at least 27 campers and counselors have been lost in the devastating floods. "Texas camps are institutions," Bush Hager went on to explain, adding that Camp Mystic was "100 years old." The all-girls Christian summer camp is located on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, where catastrophic flash floods began on Friday, July 4. While fighting back tears, Bush Hager said some of her friends had children at the camp last week, stating, "The stories that I heard over the last couple days were beautiful and heartbreaking." However, she left Today show viewers with a sense of hope as she added, "Texas has a type of resilience where they're generous people, where people want to reach out and help."Tearful Jenna Bush Hager Reveals Familial Tie to Texas Camp Affected By Deadly Floods first appeared on Parade on Jul 7, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
USA Today
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jenna Bush Hager mourns Texas flooding victims: 'Our hearts are heavy'
"A homesick Texan living in New York," Jenna Bush Hager is mourning the tragedy that has unfolded in Central Texas as the death toll climbs following the unprecedented flooding. "We have to start just saying our hearts are heavy this morning thinking of my home state of Texas. Obviously there (was) devastating flooding," Bush Hager somberly said on "Today with Jenna and Friends" on July 7. Heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River last week, sending floodwaters roaring through homes and area summer camps. The death toll rose to at least 110, including at least 27 children and counselors from the beloved Camp Mystic in Kerr County, where flooding hit the hardest beginning July 4. Bush Hager explained her connection to the nearly 100-year-old nondenominational Christian camp for girls. She told guest co-host Dwayne Wade that her mom, former first lady Laura Bush, was a counselor at Camp Mystic and that many of her friends attended the camp. "It is a place that raised so many girls to become women, and it was almost like a spiritual, beautiful place," she added. Harrowing stories of survival: Clinging to trees, huddling on rooftops amid Texas floods She reflected, "I think as parents, we think about the horror of sending our kids to a place that's supposed to be — and is — healing and fun and joyful and all the things that kids deserve to have, and then something like this (happened)." Bush Hager, 43, revealed she had just dropped off her kids "at another camp in Texas" and described "putting them on the bus and saying goodbye to them" as an emotional experience. She shares daughters Mila, 12, and Poppy, 9, as well as her son, Hal, 5, with husband Henry Chase Hager. "I know so many parents whose kids are at camp or going to camp feel that way. We send our kids into the world with the faith that they can have happy lives, joyful lives, and as adults we know pain," the TV host said. "We hope that our kids never face it." "But Texas is a resilient, incredible state," she continued. "And it always is in my heart." Wade, who has five children, three of whom are adults, also empathized with Bush Hager. "Just as parents, there are certain places that we send our kids, (and) we feel those are places of safety for them ... because we know the growth and evolution that happens at these places," the former NBA star said. "But tragedy also occurs, and it's so unfortunate." Jenna, sister Barbara chat about their grandparents, raising kids Bush Hager also praised people's generosity during the time of grief. "The stories that I heard over the last couple of days were beautiful and heartbreaking," she explained. "Texas has a type of resilience where they're generous people, where people want to reach out and help." Bush Hager directed viewers to the American Red Cross to find ways to help. Contributing: Jorge L. Ortiz, Jeanine Santucci, and Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY
New York Post
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jenna Bush Hager breaks down over deadly Texas flooding at Camp Mystic: ‘Mom was a counselor there'
Jenna Bush Hager is sharing her ties to Camp Mystic. The journalist, 43, opened up about the heartbreaking devastation at the Christian summer camp, after 27 campers and counselors died due to massive Texas floods. 'My mom was a counselor there, but also so many of my friends were raised at this camp,' Bush Hager explained while on 'Today' on Monday. Advertisement 'Texas camps are institutions, as you just heard, where many family members, generations — this camp was 100 years old — so grandmothers, mothers, kids, have all gone there.' 13 Jenna Bush Hager talks about the devastation at Camp Mystic. 13 Jenna Bush Hager details her connection to Camp Mystic. Advertisement The daughter of former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush said that her mother was a 'drama counselor' at the camp. 13 Jenna Bush Hager and Craig Melvin talk Camp Mystic. 13 The front door of a Camp Mystic building following the flood. Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The Texas native, whose father was previously a Texas governor, added that 'many of my friends had their kids there last week.' Advertisement 'The stories I've heard over the last couple of days are beautiful and heartbreaking,' Bush Hager shared. 'Texas has a type of resilience. They're generous people, where people want to reach out and help. Texas camps are really special.' 13 George W., Laura Bush and their daughters Barbara and Jenna. Sygma via Getty Images 13 George, Laura, Jenna and Barbara Bush. Getty Images The author noted that summer camp is a big part of her life with husband Henry Hager and their three children, Mila, 12, Poppy, 9, and Hal, 5. Advertisement 'You're thinking about 90-degree weather, no air conditioning,' she said. 'My kids are at camp in Texas, and my husband said, 'Why are we sending our kids to Texas to camp? It's hot.'' The anchor responded: 'Because of the love that's there.' 13 Jenna Bush Hager and her mother Laura W. Bush in 2011. Getty Images Bush Hager's co-host, Craig Melvin, asked her about Camp Mystic's owner, Richard 'Dick' Eastland, who heroically died trying to save campers from the flooding. 'That family, the Eastland family, is Texas royalty. They raised so many girls,' the mom-of-three detailed. 'So many of my friends said he was their summer father. He looked out for campers. He raised girls to be brave and loving. His legacy will live on.' Richard and his wife, Tweety, who survived the flood, had run the camp for five decades. 13 Jenna Bush Hager with her husband and kids. Instagram/ Jenna Bush Hager The all-girls Christian summer camp, located in Kerr County, was founded in 1926 by former University of Texas football coach E.J. 'Doc' Stewart. Advertisement The camp sat along the banks of the Guadalupe River, which surged more than 26 feet early Friday morning. As of Monday, 27 members of Camp Mystic have been confirmed dead, with the camp writing on its website, 'Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly.' 13 Jenna Bush Hager poses with her family. Instagram/jennabhager Camp officials noted they've been in contact with local and state authorities 'who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls.' Advertisement Kerr County officials announced Sunday night that they were still searching for several girls and one counselor. Late Saturday, missing camper Anne Margaret Bellows' mother confirmed to NBC 5 that authorities had recovered her daughter's body. Bellows shared that Anne was in the same cabin as Renee Smajstrla, Eloise Peck and Lila Bonner, whose bodies were recovered on Saturday. 13 A building from Camp Mystic. Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto/Shutterstock 13 People look through belongings at Camp Mystic. AP Advertisement Another camper, Linnie McCown, was also found dead, with her dad, Michael, confirming the news to the Austin American-Statesman on Sunday. 'She filled our hearts with so much joy we cannot begin to explain. We are going to miss her so very much but know she's up there shining bright,' he wrote on social media. According to The Associated Press, the death toll has risen to 82, and includes 28 children. At least 68 have died in Kerr County, while 12 more were killed in other counties, per officials. Advertisement 13 Officials ride a boat as they arrive to assist with a recovery effort at Camp Mystic. AP 13 A woman walks toward a chest outside of Camp Mystic. Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto/Shutterstock There have been 525 rescue operations conducted across Texas, with 366 of them being carried out by air. 'We will continue our search efforts until everyone is found,' Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha, said. He urged anyone who needs to report missing loved ones to do so by calling 830-258-1111.
