Jenna Bush Hager will always come to her twin sister Barbara Bush's defense.
The twins have long been accustomed to the spotlight, and the criticism that comes with it, having been only eight years old when their grandfather George H.W. Bush became president, and later 20 years old when their father George W. Bush followed suit.
While their father was in the White House, they were plagued with headlines over their partying, personalities, and looks — they even got the Saturday Night Live treatment — and even years after their father's administration, intrigue into their personal lives remained.
© GettyJenna reflected on it during a recent episode of TODAY with Jenna and Friends, speaking with comedian Michelle Collins about some of the questions that should you ask them on a first date, you will likely get "ghosted."
Among them was "why are you still single," and Jenna, incredulously, recalled how often her sister, who married ten years after Jenna did, would always get asked that.
"This was like in 2016, they would be like, 'So I don't understand, why aren't you married?'" she said, adding: "I'd be like, 'How can you ask anybody that question now?!'"
© Getty ImagesBarbara married her husband Craig Coyne in 2018 after a secret 11-month romance, during which mostly only family and friends knew they were together.
Similarly, they tied the knot in a secret, 20-person wedding in Kennebunkport, Maine, where they had gotten engaged five weeks prior, so her late grandfather, former President Bush, could attend. He passed away a few weeks later aged 94.
© Getty Images"While traditionally we would have had a wedding in several months and taken a lot more time to plan, it's all more pressing and more important to do it when we know that he is still with us," she told People at the time.
"It's just been a very sweet romance," she further shared, and noted: "And we've been long-distance for most of it — he's been in L.A. and I've been in New York — but we've gotten to spend a lot of time together."
© GettyShe further shared: "We got engaged in Maine [in August] and that night had dinner with our family. And it's so beautiful here. And it's so simple here."
"It's everything I love, that inspires me, in terms of nature and family and love, and same for Craig. We just thought, 'Let's try to do it soon,'" she emphasized.
