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Jenna Bush Hager reflects on marriage and 'choosing the right person'

The Today Show star has been married to husband Henry Hager since 2008

Beatriz Colon
Beatriz Colon - New York
New York WriterNew York
January 27, 2025
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Jenna Bush Hager definitely found her Mr. Right.

The Today Show host has been married to her husband Henry Hager since 2008, and they share three kids, Mila, 11, Poppy, 9, and Hal, 5.

The couple met when they were in their early 20s when Henry was working with the NBC mainstay's father George W. Bush's reelection campaign, and almost 20 years in, she is reflecting on how they've made their marriage work.

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On the latest installment of Today with Jenna & Friends, the new version of 4th Hour with Hoda & Jenna following Hoda Kotb's departure, Jenna had Kelsea Ballerini as co-host.

The two got to talking about what makes a good relationship and what they have learned from their respective relationships — Kelsea has been with Outer Banks star Chase Stokes for two years — and the country singer shared: "In my relationship what I have learned the most is the way that you can mirror someone."

She further explained: "Like when you really allow yourself to be fully yourself with your partner it really is a mirror system and you can help each other know each other better."

Henry Hager and Jenna Bush Hager attends the 9th annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on December 3, 2013 in New York City© Getty
Jenna and Henry met around 2004

"He is so supportive too," Jenna emphasized, before sharing her own answer when she's asked what her "biggest secret" to a successful marriage is.

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"Part of it is choosing the right person because they make you feel — they're supportive, but they also make you feel like you're doing what you're supposed to be doing because then you can do it well," Jenna shared.

jenna bush hager henry hager sitting on grass© Instagram
They tied the knot in Jenna's home state of Texas

To that, Kelsea added: "We always say, I want to make him feel like a superhero and vice versa."

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Jenna Bush Hager with her three kids and husband Henry
The couple shares three kids

Jenna was touched by the idea, and lightheartedly said: "Okay everybody is crying," before moving on with the broadcast.

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Photo shared by Jenna Bush Hager on Instagram August 2024 featuring her husband Henry Hager and their kids Mila, Poppy and Hal while on the family's summer vacation in Texas© Instagram
The Hager-Bush bunch

Going forward without Hoda as co-host, Jenna will instead have a revolving door of different guest stars, which she said felt like dating.

During her very first episode without Hoda, during which actress Taraji P. Henson was her co-host, Jenna joked: "I mean, I was a child bride, I got married at 26 … and so I haven't dated, and this is kind of my dating era. And you're my first date! And I'm blushing."

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