NEWSJenna Bush Hager Admits She's 'Turned Into' Mom Laura Bush After Revealing Dozens of Food Photos: 'It's Too Much'
Jenna Bush Hager is morphing into Laura Bush.
Sept. 4 2026, Published 5:08 p.m. ET
Jenna Bush Hager is turning into Laura Bush.
The anchor swiped through dozens of photos of her food at various restaurants and dinner tables on the September 4 episode of TODAY With Jenna and Sheinelle.
She quickly admitted that becoming a person whose phone eats first was a sure-fire sign she was turning into her former First Lady mother.
"It's too much. I've turned into my mom," she said while scrolling through pictures of her meals, drinks and even a bedazzled bottle of MiriLax.
'I Can't Believe It'
Jenna Bush Hager has begun taking pictures of her food like Laura Bush.
Bush Hager and her co-host, Sheinelle Jones, lamented how they had found themselves turning into their parents as they reached their mid-forties.
"I can't believe I've turned into the person that takes pictures of my food and drink," Bush Hager said, seemingly disappointed in herself.
The former first daughter even revealed that she noticed her husband, Henry Hager, slowly but surely regressing into middle-aged man tendencies.
Jenna Bush Hager poked fun at her husband's phone habits.
"Because it's sort of like I'm married to the man that takes videos of music that we're never going to go back and listen to," the 44-year-old added.
While Jones said she "loved" that Bush Hager and Hager were settling into middle age together, the anchor went on to make fun of her husband.
"The people at the concert that are recording, and when are they going to go back and listen to it?" she quipped.
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Jenna Bush Hager wants to 'enjoy' the present.
Jones admitted that she's caught herself morphing into her father, taking dozens of pictures anytime she is out in nature.
"I was like, 'What are you going to do with that tree in your phone?'" she exclaimed. "But I do that too now. Nature and food."
Bush Hager noted that their joint need to take incessant pictures of everything they enjoy may be indicative of a larger issue.
"Why can't we just enjoy it?" she asked. "Let's go enjoy it now."
Laura Bush's 'Hereditary' Beauty Habit
Jenna Bush Hager is morphing into Laura Bush in more ways than one.
Her photo-taking habits aren't the only way Bush Hager has caught herself becoming her mother.
In July, she revealed on her morning talk show that she had adopted a face that she'd always seen Bush make while she applied her makeup.
"I think it's because I would always go in her room while she'd be getting dressed," she explained, before raising her eyebrows and pursing her lips as a demonstration.
"She's probably going to be like, 'I do not do this,'" she teased. "And now, I do it sometimes."
