today’s host jenna bush hager There’s a new problem of parenting at home, and it has nothing to do with screen time or homework. During a recent episode of her morning show, the journalist shared that her children have started calling her by nicknames that she finds both funny and a little insulting. The story immediately shocked her co-host.
Jenna Bush Hager reveals what her kids call her
Bush Hager revealed on the May 13 episode of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle that her three children – Mila, Poppy and Halle – have recently stopped calling her “Mom” and switched to “Biggie.” She admitted she wasn’t a fan of the name and immediately responded, “Excuse me?” After listening to it at home. According to Hager, the nickname started just like that but has now become a regular thing in the house People).
The television host revealed that even her husband, henry hagerHas been pulled into the joke. Bush Hager said she warned her eldest daughter Mila to stop using it before her youngest child started repeating it in public. He joked that Hal might one day call a teacher at school “Biggie”. His co-host, sheinelle jonesHe appeared shocked by the story and admitted, “It hurts my feelings.”
Things got even weirder when Bush Hager revealed where the nickname actually came from. He said it evolved from the phrase “big back”, which his daughter shortened to “biggie”. At first, she thought the word play was creative and fun. But later, they worried that the nickname might spread outside their home if kids kept using it around others. Jones responded by saying that the previous story somehow made it “even worse”.
This isn’t the first time Bush Hager has shared honest parenting moments on air. Last month, he revealed that Mila criticized his speech before introducing Queen Camilla at the New York Public Library. Hager said her daughter told her she talks about herself too much and even commented that her hair “needs some work.”
Originally reported by Rishabh Shandilya Mandatory.