Jenna Bush Hager Says She Went 'Too Far' With Joke About Having An Affair

It seems that books are not the only thing Jenna Bush Hager checks out when she goes to a library.

On Mondays prerecorded episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna, the former first daughter proved she has little shelf-control while speaking about her attraction to bookish men even conceding at one point that she may have gone too far.

Hagers admission that well-read men raise her temperature past Fahrenheit 451 began while she and co-host Hoda Kotb were discussing a recent Bustle post titled The Thirstiest Thing A Man Can Do Is Read.

Thats so you, Kotb said to Hager.

Its true, right? Hager agreed. Thirsty. Im dehydrated when a man takes out a book.

Hoda and Jenna are chatting about an article that says the hottest thing a man can do is read.

Im dehydrated when a man takes out a book, Jenna said. Do you think a man reading makes him more attractive? pic.twitter.com/dvBcgikr6L

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Hoda and Jenna are chatting about an article that says the hottest thing a man can do is read.

Im dehydrated when a man takes out a book, Jenna said. Do you think a man reading makes him more attractive? pic.twitter.com/dvBcgikr6L
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@HodaAndJenna) October 9, 2023

Kotb asked how Hager feels when she sees a man with a book, sitting on a park bench in Central Park, reading.

The description alone seemed to get Hager all hot and bothered.

If they have little eyeglasses too, just sitting reading, and if theyre reading something I respect? I mean, that could be a means for an affair, Hager joked.

But the mom of three who married former White House aide Henry Hager in 2008 immediately took back her comment, making sure viewers knew she was just kidding and would never do that.

Henry and I are very happy and he reads, Jenna Bush Hager added.