It appears that the spirit of St. Patrick didn't come to the rescue for Jenna Bush Hager this St. Patrick's Day.
In honor of the Irish holiday, the Today Show host kicked off the March 17 installment of Today with Jenna & Friends by drinking a Guinness, the beloved stout from Dublin, along with her co-host of the day Willie Geist.
But as she attempted to take on the tradition (and recent viral TikTok trend) of "splitting the G," she was instead left with a bit of a sticky mess.
The episode started with a video of none other than Mullingar native Niall Horan explaining the concept of splitting the G, where Guinness drinkers are challenged to drink just enough beer on their first go so the top of the drink lands right in the middle of the Guinness G from the glass' logo.
Jenna, who was wearing a pretty emerald green dress, kicked things off by announcing: "Make my mom proud, Laura this is for you."
And while she started off with a big, determined gulp, the signature foam and dark liquid eventually escaped the glass and splashed on her dress. Jenna however took the moment in stride, and joked: "I didn't even make it!"
© NBC"Does anyone have a mop? Or a tarp we could put down?" Willie wondered," as Jenna, laughing, simply asked: "What just happened?"
"My body couldn't take it. My body just rejected that," she continued, adding: "Unfortunately I ruined my nice green dress," and that she thought she had "all the nice beer moves saved up."
© NBCNext up was Willie, who luckily pulled it off mess-free, though he was just a sip shy of having the beer land right in the middle of the G.
© Getty ImagesJenna, still in disbelief, then noted: "I just can't believe someone could actually do that, that's shocking to me," and Willie joked back: "This is shocking to me, what I just witnessed."
© InstagramThe former first daughter has spent the beginning of the year adjusting to her show's new format, which rebranded from 4th Hour with Hoda & Jenna to Today with Jenna in the wake of Hoda Kotb's departure.
And instead of replacing the former NBC mainstay, Jenna has instead been featuring a revolving door of guest co-hosts, such as Scarlett Johansson, Justin Sylvester, Hannah McMahon, Keke Palmer and Taraji P. Henson.
