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Jenna Bush Hager Explains Her Absence From Part of ‘Today’ Show
Jenna Bush Hager is sharing an inside look at a special moment in time.
The Today anchor gave a sweet update on her family’s summer celebrations, posting a rare multigenerational photo of the six ladies in the Bush brood during a vacation at the family’s compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Alongside an Aug. 23 Instagram carousel, Jenna referenced the lyrics from the 2020 Taylor Swift song “august,” writing, “I can see us lost in the memory, August slipped away into a moment in time.”
The first photo featured the 44-year-old posing with the lovely ladies in her life, including her mom Laura Bush, twin sister Barbara Bush, her niece Cora, along with her and husband Henry Hager’s daughters Mila, 13, and Poppy, 10.
In the shot, Jenna—who was wearing a green and white striped shirt and white jeans—was all smiles as she posed with her arm around her eldest Mila, who donned a black dress and matched her mom with white sandals. Poppy, meanwhile, wore a pink printed dress, opting to go barefoot in the summer heat. Like the preteen, Jenna’s twin sister and niece also wore colorful, patterned sundresses.
And as for the family matriarch? Laura—who has been married to former President George W. Bush since 1977—kept it classy in a blue button-down shirt and off-white pants.
Along with the heartwarming group photo, Jenna—also mom to son Hal, 6, with Henry—shared snaps from other memorable moments from the trip, including photos of her kids enjoying the last bits of summer and a selfie with her husband.
While it may be difficult at times to watch her kids grow up so fast, Jenna has come to realize that her children coming into their own and having personal experiences is ultimately a “great thing.”
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“They’re starting to become really independent,” she shared on Today in May 2024, “and they don’t need me as much. And I’m like, 'OK, I did something right.'"
And through it all, Jenna has her mom Laura as a guide during her motherhood journey.
"My dad always says he could never have been as successful without knowing [my mom] had us,” she added. “And so I hope I turn into her for my little kids."
For a closer look at the families of the Today show, keep reading…
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Sheinelle Jones
The cohost of the fourth hour of Today shares son Kayin as well as twins Uche and Clara with her late husband Uche Ojeh, who passed away in May 2025 after a courageous battle with brain cancer.
“With all three of my children, I try to show them that they're ALL a team, and they have to take care of each other," Sheinelle wrote in a 2015 essay for Today. “At the same time, I'm learning that they each like to know they're special on their own."
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Craig Melvin
Three years after the anchor married fellow broadcaster Lindsay Czarniak in 2011, he earned his most cherished title yet: father.
And now, he seizes every opportunity to gush about their son Delano and daughter Sybil.
"When I wake up in the morning," Melvin said to his son during a May 2024 episode of Today, "part of the reason I work so hard is for you and your sister."
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Jenna Bush Hager
The Today with Jenna & Sheinelle cohost and her husband Henry Hager are proud parents to kids Mila, Poppy and Hal.
As she put it during a March 2025 episode of the morning show, “I’m pretty sure I’ve come to terms that three, even though it’s an imperfect number, it’s the perfect number for our household."
Hoda Kotb
"Another Halloween in the books," wrote the former host as she celebrated the day with her daughter Haley Joy.
She is also mom to daughter Hope Catherine.
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Lester Holt
The former NBC Nightly News anchor shares sons Stefan Holt and Cameron Holt with his wife Carol Hagen.
But more recently, he became a proud "granddude" to three grandchildren: Henry, Samuel and James.
“When my daughter-in-law was pregnant with her first baby ... she said, ‘Well, what do you guys want to be called?’" Holt said on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2021. "I said, ‘I think I want to be ‘Granddude’ because ‘grand,’ it bows to the fact that I’m older. But ‘dude’ says, ‘I still got a little bit. I still got a little,’ you know?"
Carson Daly
In 2020, the anchor and his wife Siri Pinter welcomed their fourth child, Goldie. The little one joined the couple's older kids Jackson, Etta and London.
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Kathie Lee
Hoda's former cohost is a loving mommy to her own two children, Cassidy Gifford and Cody Gifford, with her late husband Frank Gifford.
Savannah Guthrie
The TV personality is a mom to two little ones, Vale Guthrie Feldman and Charles "Charley" Max Feldman, with her husband Mike Feldman.
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Al Roker
The anchor and his wife Deborah Roberts are parents to Leila Roker and Nicholas Albert Roker.
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Willie Geist
The anchor of Sunday Today has been married to his wife Christina Geist since 2003. They're parents to two children, George William Geist and Lucie Joy Geist.
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