Winesday Wednesday might not go over so well in the Bush household.Jenna Bush Hagerispreparing to step inalongsideHoda Kotbas cohost of theTodayshow’s 10 o’clock hour whenKathie Lee Gifforddeparts the show in April. But she says her mother, former First LadyLaura Bush, is not a fan of the show’s tradition of serving wine and cocktails before noon.“My mom judges, just so you know. She kind of does,” Bush Hager, 37, jokes in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE for this week’s issue, on stands Friday. “But [the wine] is just there as a symbolic thing like, ‘come and sit with us and come hang out with us.'”Bush Hager says she was so nervous the first time she filled in for Gifford back in 2011, “I remember I was sort of glad I could have a sip just to tame my nerves,” she recalls. On that occasion, “the judgment, my mom kept to herself.”Jenna Bush Hager (left) with mom Laura Bush.Richard Drew/AP/REX/ShutterstockNow that she is mom to daughters Mila, 5, and Poppy, 3, with husband Henry Hager, “There’s days where I have to take my kids to school and work out and do whatever else and have meetings and write a book — whatever. Hoda, too. We’re busy,” she says. “So on some days we have some of it and some days we don’t. I think it’s more of ‘come and join us, visit our table’ you know, that type of feeling.”For more on Jenna Bush Hager, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on stands FridayAnd although Bush Hager and Kotb say there will be more changes to the fourth hour ofToday, “I vote keep the wine,” Kotb says with a laugh.RELATED VIDEO: Jenna and Barbara Bush Share The Books That Changed Their Lives“Kathy left a legacy that will be there forever,” adds Kotb, 54. “One thing is for sure, we’re going to have lively conversations. It is still a party. That’s what works. I think wine immediately shows the party continues and it should. Wine comes with deep conversations. It comes with parties. It comes with everything, and I think there’s just something symbolic about having — inviting someone in that way.”Todayairs from 7-11 a.m. on NBC.
Winesday Wednesday might not go over so well in the Bush household.
Jenna Bush Hagerispreparing to step inalongsideHoda Kotbas cohost of theTodayshow’s 10 o’clock hour whenKathie Lee Gifforddeparts the show in April. But she says her mother, former First LadyLaura Bush, is not a fan of the show’s tradition of serving wine and cocktails before noon.
“My mom judges, just so you know. She kind of does,” Bush Hager, 37, jokes in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE for this week’s issue, on stands Friday. “But [the wine] is just there as a symbolic thing like, ‘come and sit with us and come hang out with us.'”
Bush Hager says she was so nervous the first time she filled in for Gifford back in 2011, “I remember I was sort of glad I could have a sip just to tame my nerves,” she recalls. On that occasion, “the judgment, my mom kept to herself.”
Jenna Bush Hager (left) with mom Laura Bush.Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock
Now that she is mom to daughters Mila, 5, and Poppy, 3, with husband Henry Hager, “There’s days where I have to take my kids to school and work out and do whatever else and have meetings and write a book — whatever. Hoda, too. We’re busy,” she says. “So on some days we have some of it and some days we don’t. I think it’s more of ‘come and join us, visit our table’ you know, that type of feeling.”
And although Bush Hager and Kotb say there will be more changes to the fourth hour ofToday, “I vote keep the wine,” Kotb says with a laugh.
RELATED VIDEO: Jenna and Barbara Bush Share The Books That Changed Their Lives
“Kathy left a legacy that will be there forever,” adds Kotb, 54. “One thing is for sure, we’re going to have lively conversations. It is still a party. That’s what works. I think wine immediately shows the party continues and it should. Wine comes with deep conversations. It comes with parties. It comes with everything, and I think there’s just something symbolic about having — inviting someone in that way.”
Todayairs from 7-11 a.m. on NBC.
source: people.com
