Jenna Bush Hager Proposed To Husband After Months Of Dating

Jenna Bush Hager recently shared that she once proposed to her husband, Henry Hager, after the couple had been dating just three months.

During Mondays episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, Bush Hager told guest host Justin Sylvester that she proposed to Hager when she was 22 years old during a night out and after several cocktails.

Wed only been dating three months, she said in a clip of the exchange posted on Twitter. He told me he loved me and Im like, Me too! Lets get married!

The Today host then explained that her husband didnt exactly take her up on her offer at the time, but that he proposed years later in 2007.

Then we got engaged, and my parents put out a statement because my dad was president, she said, referring to former President George W. Bush. We were sitting in the airport and it came on CNN that we were engaged and I was like, Whoa, whoa, whoa, what?

I mean, Im happy I married him. I have three kids. I adore him. But I was like, What! she continued, later adding, It felt like so much pressure for both of us.

The couple wed in May 2008 in Texas.

Jenna shared how her husband Henry turned to some divine inspiration to steel his nerves when he prepared to ask her father, former President George W. Bush, if he could marry his daughter. https://t.co/v2mNXIhXsD pic.twitter.com/MiY6ebqZjY

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Jenna shared how her husband Henry turned to some divine inspiration to steel his nerves when he prepared to ask her father, former President George W. Bush, if he could marry his daughter. https://t.co/v2mNXIhXsD pic.twitter.com/MiY6ebqZjY
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@HodaAndJenna) August 7, 2023

Bush Hager often talks about her life as a mom of three.

During an episode of Today in June, she declared that her kids, Mila, Poppy and Hal, would never be invited to appear on the morning show again.

They just like to get secrets out of you, she told her Today co-host Hoda Kotb at the time. Theyre allowed to come and watch the concert, but theyre nowhere close to microphones.

Last year in December, Bush Hagers then-9-year-old daughter Mila revealed some personal details about her mother during a visit to the show.

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During a conversation about her mothers laughing habits with Kotb, Mila said: Yeah, one time she was laughing in our living room and she peed her pants!

You changed your pajamas! the child added, before later revealing that her mom never wears underwear!