Jenna Bush Hager is opening up about a major cause of tension with her dad, former president George W. Bush, during her younger years.
“There was a period of time when I made bad grades,” the TV host divulged during Friday’s episode of “Today With Jenna & Friends.” When guest co-host Sheinelle Jones appeared skeptical, Hager doubled down, saying they were “bad.”
Jones then asked the mother of three how her parents, George and Laura Bush, would “handle it.”
“My dad would sit with me at that kitchen table and try to teach me math, and we’d get in big fights and I’d cry myself to sleep,” Hager, now 43, laughed.
Jones called the confession “relatable,” adding that she thinks it’s typical of “kitchen tables all over this country at night.”
Hager did not elaborate on exactly when the kitc