President George W. Bush encouraged daughter Jenna Bush Hager to elope
foxnews.comJenna Bush Hager shared that her father, George W. Bush, pushed her to elope with her husband, Henry Chase Hager, in 2008. On Wednesday’s morning episode of the Today show, Bush Hager, 40, revealed to her co-host, Hoda Kotb, that her wedding could’ve happened very different. "My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain," Bush Hager told Kotb. "He was like, 'What are y'all doing?
Y'all should just elope.'" Jenna Bush Hager revealed on an episode of the "Today" show that her father, George W. Bush, wanted her to elope. (Photo by Shealah Craighead/The White House via Getty Images) Bush Hager noted that this piece of advice came during her father’s presidency, between 2001-2009.
She did note that former President Bush might not have been too happy with a Las Vegas wedding. "I don't know if he wanted us to go to Vegas to do it," she said.
The couple married in 2008 at her family’s Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. In May 2021, Bush Hager recalled a special moment she had with her father before he walked her down the aisle.
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