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Jenna Bush Hager Mistakenly Says Al Roker 'Made Out' With Her Grandma
Originally appeared on E! Online
is getting her weathermen mixed up.
While the 43-year-old—whose parents are and —shared the news that her late grandmother Barbara Bush was being honored with a commemorative stamp during the June 10 episode of Today, she accidentally insinuated that her co-host may have had a special relationship with the former First Lady.
'Remember when you made out with her, Al?' Jenna asked the 70-year-old weatherman as he, , and all looked at her with confusion on their faces. 'Didn't you kiss her?'
Within moments, Jenna realized that she was mistaking Al—who shares kids Courtney, 37, Leila, 26, and Nick, 22, with wife Deborah Roberts—for former Today weatherman .
'That was Willard,' she noted, to which Al quipped, 'That was Willard, other bald weather guy.'
But after Jenna apologized for the confusion, Al admitted that it wasn't all that far-fetched.
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'It was awkward on so many levels, so many levels,' he said of the moment Jenna said his name. 'I'm thinking, 'Did I make out with her grandmother?''
With a laugh, he added, 'Not that I wouldn't have!'
As for why Willard had shared a smooch with Jenna's late grandmother in the first place? Well, during the 1989 Inaugural Parade, then-President waved at the late weatherman—who passed away in 2021 at 87 years old—as he walked past. But for her part, Barbara rushed over to plant a quick kiss on his lips.
'How 'bout that?' Willard said at the time. 'I've been kissed by the best!'
'How 'bout that! I've been kissed by the best!' Watch the exciting moment Barbara Bush surprised Willard Scott with a kiss during the 1989 inaugural parade for President George H.W. Bush TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 18, 2018
And three years after Barbara passed away in 2018, Jenna deemed the memorable kiss 'one of her life highlights.'
"That was on the lips,' Jenna said of the unexpected moment during a September 2021 episode of Today. 'My grandpa might've been jealous.'
"I emailed somebody that worked with her and she said, 'You know, they just really liked each other,'" she continued of her grandmother. "They said there was some sort of chemistry there where she said, 'I feel like they were flirting,' and obviously we have the proof."
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