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Jenna Bush Hager Says She Once Slipped Past Secret Service in College to See Boyfriend

The Today co-host described a single college escape from her detail as a University of Texas student during her father's presidency.

Overview

  • Bush Hager shared the story on the Oct. 23 episode of Today With Jenna & Friends during a chat about so-called walks of shame.
  • She said friends hid her in the back of a car to get past agents so she could visit a football player she was dating.
  • She stressed it was the only time she evaded protection and said the couple broke up soon after.
  • Cohost Savannah Guthrie reacted with surprise on air and gave Bush Hager a high five.
  • Bush Hager attended the University of Texas at Austin under Secret Service protection as the daughter of George W. Bush, and she has previously recounted a 2022 anecdote about her now-husband Henry leaving the White House in a panic early in their relationship.