NEWS'You'd Think She'd Know Better': Megyn Kelly Blasts Jenna Bush Hager's 'Embarrassing' School Book Ban Claims — Watch
Megyn Kelly accused Jenna Bush Hager of 'lying' about censorship.
June 3 2026, Updated 1:09 p.m. ET
Megyn Kelly took aim at Jenna Bush Hager for complaining about schools around the country banning certain books.
On a recent episode of the journalist's self-titled show, Kelly declared, "Jenna Bush Hager is trying to make herself a thing. She had some messaging for the rest of us when it comes to these alleged evil Republican book bans!"
Megyn Kelly said she had 'secondhand embarrassment' from Jenna Bush Hager's rant about book bans.
Kelly's program then played a clip from Bush Hager's appearance on an episode of the "Las Culturistas" podcast.
"Why are we banning all these books, y'all? Why are we banning the Wicked book? Why are we banning To Kill a Mockingbird?" the mom-of-three asked.
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"I want my kid to read. Want to know why? Books start conversations. Know what we're not having enough of in this country? Conversations," she stated.
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The 'Today' star thinks librarians should be the ones to decide if a book is appropriate for students.
"Don't we know that kids can find everything on YouTube?" the former first daughter continued, explaining why she doesn't believe in banning certain novels that people deem inappropriate. "We can give our kids iPads. We can give our kids phones. But you're taking Beloved by Tony Morrison out of our libraries?"
"Guess whose job it is to make sure it's appropriate for your children? The librarians," the TV star stated. "I don't think we should be taking these books out. Leave it up to the librarians."
Megyn Kelly claimed Jenna Bush Hager's claims weren't correct.
Kelly said she had "secondhand embarrassment" from the Today co-host's rant.
"This is so embarrassing," she insisted, claiming To Kill a Mockingbird was only removed from two schools' curriculums and the novel was still available in the library.
Megyn Kelly accused the former first daughter of lying about 'right-wing censorship.'
"A couple of schools — we looked into it — have removed it from the mandatory ninth grade curriculum. That's it," the eponymous host said. "Based on that, she's like, 'You go girl, I'm the librarian spokesperson.' It's in the library. The kids can take it out whenever they want."
"The left have been lying about this right-wing censorship. And she's the daughter of a Republican president, the granddaughter of a Republican president — you'd think she'd know better," Kelly expressed. "I think this is more an attempt to go viral than it is any connection with actual facts. But it's Jenna Bush Hager, so I didn't really feel the need to explain that."
