Jenna Bush Hager Reveals On ‘Today’ That Her “Stunned” Father Once Drove His Car Into The Garage After Her Mother Said His Speech “Wasn’t Very Good”

Jenna Bush Hager certainly stunned Hoda Kotb and the Today when she told a hilarious story about the early years of her parents’ marriage.

THE Today the co-hosts were discussing how they would feel if their partner gave them constructive criticism after a public appearance when Bush Hager revealed that his father, former United States President George W. Bush, had a rather exaggerated in the face of her mother’s honest opinion. about one of his speeches.

“It’s funny you bring up speeches because when my parents first got married, my dad gave a speech in Midland, Texas, and they were driving up and he thought (it was) pretty GOOD. And he said, ‘Laura, how do you think I did?’ “, remembers Bush Hager.

“And she kind of stagnated because my mom is non-confrontational, and she just said, ‘It wasn’t very good.’ It wasn’t. And he drove the car into the garage!

The story clearly shocked Kotb as she and the Today The stage crew all burst into surprised laughter.

Bush Hager explained: “I guess he hit the wall – we should have the details – but he was so stunned by her honesty that he wasn’t paying attention…I think he was looking at her and then he crashed. »

“I think my dad was just starting out, so he probably didn’t know the difference. They were very young, they had just gotten married,” she added. She then said with a laugh: “My mother said that when they first met, he only spoke in rhymes, because he was so in love with her… But he was so crazy about this love that I think she never said anything (like that).”

The co-hosts then discussed whether they should be so constructive with their children about their hobbies.

“For your children, for your children, if they said, ‘Mom, I want to be a singer,’ and you know, after listening for many years, that he is unlikely to be a professional singer, what would you do ?” » asked Kotb.

Bush Hager responded, “Well, I wanted to be a singer and my mother used to take me to auditions when I was a chubby little girl, so she wasn’t the one who told me that. No one ever told me I didn’t have a good voice, but I never got the part! »

She said she always felt like her family “believed” in her.

Today with Hoda and Jenna airs weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.