Hollywood and Mango (left); Jenna Bush Hager on Oct. 2, 2023.Photo:Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram; Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram; Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Jenna Bush Hageris hosting a rather unusual celebration of love — and it involves her cats!
On Thursday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna,Bush Hager, 42, shared a short update about her two beloved cats, Hollywood and Mango.
“By the way, I need to announce that my cats, Hollywood and Mango, are getting married this weekend,” she told co-hostHoda Kotb.
“You’re having a ceremony?” Kotb, asked excitedly, to which Bush Hager replied, “We’re having a ceremony!”
TheTodayhost, first introduced Hollywood, her first furry family member onInstagramin January 2023 aftermentioning she welcomed the kitten to her family around Christmas earlier in the month— despite dealing with cat allergies.
“Do you see why we call her Hollywood?” Bush Hager said in the post showing off the new family cat. “She’s beautiful.”
“We call her ‘Holly’ for short,” she added. “Holly, middle name ‘Wood,’ last name ‘Hager,’ " the cat mom added in the Instagram video.
Just about one year later, she revealed that she had welcomed another furry friend to her family — Mr. Mango Mellow was given to her 8-year-old daughter Poppy as a Christmas present in December 2023.
In addition to Poppy, Bush Hager is also mom to sonHal, 4, and daughterMila, 10.
Although Bush Hager is a self-proclaimed cat lady, she revealed that her allergies worsened when Mango joined their family, joking at the time her family got Mango that she “took an extra Zyrtec, and everything’s all good.”
Despite the challenges with allergies and being called a “cat lady” (as Kotb put it) the daughter of former President George W. Bush said she is happy with all her pets.
“As a little girl, I loved cats so much. They were the forbidden fruit ‘cause I was highly allergic,” she continued, noting that her mother — former First LadyLaura Bush— had a cat named Dewey after the Dewey Decimal System (a nod to her role as a librarian).
“From the time we were born, we had a cat. And I would just sit there, sucking my thumb with my eyes swollen shut ‘cause I’m highly allergic. And I don’t care. So here we are,” Bush Hager finished.
Today with Hoda and Jennaairs weekdays (10 a.m. ET) on NBC.
source: people.com
