Jenna Bush Hager Backtracks Affair Joke About Men Who Read
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00:00 I'm dehydrated when a man takes out a book.
00:02 - You love it.
00:03 - Yeah, like, and if they're reading something I respect.
00:06 - Oh, now we're getting down that road.
00:08 - I mean, that could be a means for an affair.
00:10 I'm just kidding, I would never do that.
00:11 But I would never, Henry and I are very happy.
00:14 - Jenna Bush Hager avoids getting herself into hot water
00:17 after an on-air chat takes a turn.
00:20 - Why are you defensive?
00:21 - Because I'm not, 'cause I shouldn't have said that.
00:23 - It's all downhill from here.
00:25 - It all went down during the Today Show segment
00:27 as Jenna and Hoda Kotb talked about
00:29 their appreciation for men who read.
00:31 - Okay, you see a man with a book
00:33 sitting on a park bench in Central Park reading.
00:36 What is the first thing that you're thinking?
00:39 - I mean, eyeglasses.
00:40 - Yeah. - They have a little eyeglass.
00:41 - Yeah, a little eyeglass, you're in that.
00:42 - Just sitting, reading, and--
00:43 - Lost it.
00:44 - The convo's pretty lighthearted until Jenna,
00:46 who's been married to her hubby, Henry Hager,
00:48 for 15 years, makes this comment.
00:51 - And if they're reading something I respect.
00:54 - Oh, now we're getting down that road.
00:55 - I mean, that could be a means for an affair.
00:58 I'm just kidding, I would never do that.
00:59 But I would never, Henry and I are very happy.
01:02 And he reads.
01:03 - Jenna quickly seems to feel bad and backtracks her words.
01:07 - He does read.
01:07 - Why do you act like, why are you defensive?
01:10 - Because I'm not, 'cause I shouldn't have said that.
01:12 I went too far.
01:13 - I mean, look, Jenna puts her heart on the table,
01:16 like right here, this is where it rests.
01:18 So anyone who watches this show
01:20 is gonna see the real deal.
01:22 - My New Year's resolution was to write down
01:24 every book I read in the year, which I have not done.
01:26 But I believe I've read probably, like what would you say
01:30 if it's five to 10 books a month,
01:32 I've done it for four years.
01:33 I'm good at English, not math.
01:36 Hundreds, hundreds.
01:38 - Yeah, Jenna hasn't hid the fact that she's a bookworm.
01:40 In fact, earlier this year, she celebrated
01:42 the four year anniversary of her book club, Read with Jenna.
01:45 - I can't believe it, when we started this four years ago,
01:49 I had no idea the impact that we would have.
01:53 The community of authors, they're all here tonight,
01:56 which I kind of wanna cry, some flew in from Europe,
02:00 from all over the country.
02:02 So the community of authors,
02:03 but also the incredible community of readers
02:07 that love the Today Show, it's just a dream.
02:10 - And Jenna's taken that love for reading even further.
02:13 She's taking her business to the small screen.
02:15 - I never thought I would have a production company.
02:17 I'm a teacher who works on the Today Show,
02:20 and I already sort of was living my dream
02:23 by sitting next to Hoda every day.
02:25 But I love to read, and I want these authors
02:28 to be on people's television screens.
02:30 So if I can be part of that conversation
02:32 and bring them to as many audiences as possible,
02:35 it's just thrilling.
02:36 (upbeat music)
02:40 (chimes)
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