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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