Jenna Bush Hager Says Sorry To Her Former Teacher While Visiting Her Austin High School With Hoda Kotb: “I Apologize For My Behavior”
Jenna Bush Hager has shared some wild stories about her youth on Today With Hoda & Jenna, which is why it came as no surprise to viewers when she issued a public apology to one of her high school teachers after she and Hoda Kotb visited her old stomping grounds in Austin, Texas, on the show.
Kotb told viewers that she had a “beautiful” time visiting Austin High School, where Bush Hager attended as a teen. Her Today co-host apparently could not hold back her tears during their visit.
“Y’all, if you watch the show I know you’re shocked that I was crying,” Bush Hager joked. “But if any of you have not gone back to your high school, go back.”
She told Kotb, “To be back there in a place that shaped me so much was so weirdly emotional. I couldn’t stand it.”
Kotb mentioned that they ran into several people Bush Hager used to know, including her cross country coach and her old teachers, which prompted Bush Hager to issue a public apology to one teacher in particular.
“Yes, Mrs. Quackenbush, I apologize for my behavior,” she announced.
But those weren’t the only people from Bush Hager’s past that they ran into during their trip to Austin. Kotb told viewers that the city felt like a “tiny town” with how often they have been meeting people Bush Hager used to know.
“Being with Jenna in Austin is incredible,” Kotb gushed. “First of all, it feels like a tiny town even though I think it’s, like, the 11th biggest city… But to turn any corner and see Jenna’s seventh grade date, her prom date showed up at Don’s the other night.”
“It sounds like I have a lot of exes that live in Texas,” Bush Hager joked. “And I might!”
She even bragged about it on The Today Show when she and Kotb talked about their line dancing adventure.
“Guess what?!” Kotb asked her Today Show co-hosts. “Jenna’s prom date showed up!”
Bush Hager seized the opportunity to tease her husband at home about it. “Yes he did, yes he sure did, Henry Hager,” she said.
When Craig Melvin called her out for “trolling” her husband, Bush Hager fired back, “No, I’m not ‘trolling,’ we’re having fun! Aren’t we allowed to live? Come on.”
She also added that Kotb has been bringing her A-game and partying it up with her now that they’re in her hometown. As Bush Hager pointed out during a recent broadcast, this may be the last trip they take together for Today as Kotb will be retiring from the show in early 2025.
Today with Hoda & Jenna airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.
