Jenna Bush Hager has always been candid about her relationship on Today With Hoda & Jenna, but she recently found herself in the hot seat when she may have given away a bit too much information about her marriage.
Nobody Wants This actress Justine Lupe was visiting Today when they aired a clip from the Netflix series in which she and Kristen Bell‘s characters discuss getting the “ick” from a man.
After Lupe said she’s had “so many” experiences of getting the ick from a partner, Hoda Kotb asked if there’s a way to “un-ick” a relationship.
“Spoiler alert, because I’ve been with my husband for 20 years,” Bush Hager interjected. “You do get it, but there’s so many more un-icks than icks.”
Lupe promptly asked what are some of Henry Hager’s icks, which caused Bush Hager to freeze mid-answer.
Kotb, noticing her co-host’s distress, cut in to defend her. “Oh God, don’t, don’t, no, don’t,” she said. “Justine, what happens is it gets in Page Six and then she gets in trouble.”
Bush Hager even admonished Lupe. “Justine!” she chided her playfully.
They all shared a laugh at that as Kotb continued, “No, I’m protecting her from herself.”
This isn’t the first time the Today hosts have had to shut down a line of questioning on the show. Bush Hager once called Kotb out for trying to “trap” her by asking if she’s ever had chemistry with someone other than her husband while married.
The co-hosts were discussing how actors can perform intimate scenes together while being married to other people. “Wouldn’t it be weird to have chemistry with somebody and be married to somebody else?” Bush Hager asked.
Kotb was quick to disagree. But she also asked Bush Hager, “Pause, pause, pause. Have you never had chemistry with somebody other than your husband?”
But Bush Hager was not falling for that trap.
“Don’t try and get me in The Daily Mail, Hoda Kotb,” she replied. “Every Friday you try to drop me in just in time for me to go home to my husband who reads a headline that says, ‘Jenna has chemistry with other people.’ Not falling into that trap, not today!”
Bush Hager also once joked about having an affair on the show, which she immediately expressed regret for saying.
Today with Jenna and Hoda airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.