{"id":133458,"date":"2024-09-26T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/jenna-bush-hager-says-twin-barbara-makes-me-feel-brave-and-empowered-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T05:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:41:00","slug":"jenna-bush-hager-says-twin-barbara-makes-me-feel-brave-and-empowered-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/jenna-bush-hager-says-twin-barbara-makes-me-feel-brave-and-empowered-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Bush Hager Says Twin Barbara \u2018\u2018Makes Me Feel Brave and Empowered\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3F4ERYWqOEuxlC6TiGB-5Zs4tvw=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/Barbara-Pierce-Bush-Jenna-Bush-Hager-080524-fbac61b956dc4c30bbcc3eee736c3ad6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> can at all times depend on her twin sister <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/barbara-bush\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Bush<\/a> for a little bit of inspiration!\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the <em>Today with Hoda &amp; Jenna<\/em> cohost, 42, spoke solely to PEOPLE about her particular relationship together with her sibling whereas on the Creator Book Club with Jenna Bush Hager and Coco Mellors hosted by Threads occasion at McNally Jackson Books Rockefeller Center in New York.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption type--mouse figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Jenna Bush Hager, September 2023.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Nathan Congleton\/NBC by way of Getty<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Bush Hager, who was moderating a dialogue with Mellors for Mellors&#8217; new novel, <em>Blue Sisters<\/em>, shares why the ebook was so inspiring to her as a sister and a reader,\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI mean, I think one of the themes that I&#8217;m always drawn towards in literature, really in life, is sisterhood,\u201d the daytime speak present host says. \u201cBecause having a twin really has informed every decision I&#8217;ve ever made.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She provides that with out her sister, there may be a lot in life that she might not have tried to do.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d have this job. I don&#8217;t know [that] I would&#8217;ve started this book club. She makes me feel brave and empowered, because she was my first audience. She was the first hand I held. And so I always felt supported, even when we were teens, and we threw shoes at each other&#8217;s head,\u201d Bush Hager tells PEOPLE.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption type--mouse figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, November 2023.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Nathan Congleton\/NBC by way of Getty<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Bush Hager, who&#8217;s an creator herself, felt <em>Blue Sisters<\/em> was utterly relatable.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI think the way that Coco describes sisterhood in such a real way, it&#8217;s not sugar coated. They&#8217;re not perfect, these sisters. The <em>Blue Sisters<\/em> have some deep flaws, just like all of us do. And yet, they&#8217;re better when they find home within each other. And I love that. I love the concept of that,\u201d she continues.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Never miss a narrative \u2014 join <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free each day e-newsletter<\/a> to remain up-to-date on the very best of what PEOPLE has to supply\u200b\u200b, from superstar information to driving human curiosity tales.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Bush Hager tells PEOPLE that she and her twin have been \u201cmajor readers\u201d rising up, and nonetheless are at this time.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI recommend books to her all the time. And she sends, well, she doesn&#8217;t send books to me,\u201d Bush Hager says \u2014 however not as a result of her sister doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cBecause I can&#8217;t read anything else, because I have to work. But she&#8217;s reading a book I just sent her. She read <em>Blue Sisters<\/em>, and she loved it,\u201d Bush Hager provides of the novel, which is her September 2024 Read with Jenna ebook membership decide.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption type--mouse figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Jenna Bush Hager and George W. Bush, April 2021.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Nathan Congleton\/NBC\/NBCU Photo Bank by way of Getty<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She and Bush are the daughters of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George W. Bush<\/a> and his spouse, Laura Bush.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On the Monday, Sept. 23, broadcast of <em>Today with Hoda and Jenna<\/em>, Bush Hager recalled a time she was moderating an occasion and her well-known father, 78, teased her in entrance of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She was talking at A&amp;E and History Channel\u2019s History Talk dialog when her dad took over and introduced up one in every of her not-so-proud moments.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I used to be with my mother and father which is already actually hilarious as a result of [of] the dynamic,\u201d she mentioned. &#8220;[He] was like, &#8216;Alright Jenna, why don\u2019t you inform everyone in regards to the time you have been arrested?&#8217; It was simply an hour roast. I might ask questions, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jenna-bush-hager-says-george-w-bush-loves-roast-her-barack-obama-watched-8717077\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he would roast me somewhat<\/a>. I might ask a query, slight roast.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Later, Obama, 63, who \u201cmust have seen some of the roasting,\u201d mentioned to Bush Hager, \u201cThis must be hard for you.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cAnd I mentioned, &#8216;Yes it&#8217;s,'&#8221; she informed her co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/hoda-kotb\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoda Kotb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Jenna Bush Hager can at all times depend on her twin sister Barbara Bush for a little bit of inspiration!\u00a0 On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Today with Hoda &amp; Jenna cohost, 42, spoke solely to PEOPLE about her particular relationship together with her sibling whereas on the Creator Book Club with Jenna Bush Hager [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2925,2683,4624,6266,1571,97,6264,2024,6265],"class_list":{"0":"post-133458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-barbara","9":"tag-brave","10":"tag-bush","11":"tag-empowered","12":"tag-exclusive","13":"tag-feel","14":"tag-hager","15":"tag-jenna","16":"tag-twin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}