Jenna Bush Hager has a box of memories from her exes — and her husband found it

Jenna Bush Hager not too long ago skilled a clumsy interplay together with her husband, Henry Hager, that was straight out of a scene from a rom-com.

On the , the 2 co-hosts mentioned the current starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. In a single relatable episode, Bell’s character Joanne discovers that Noah, performed by Brody, has a field stuffed with recollections linked to his ex-girlfriend.

Jenna defined to co-host Hoda Kotb that she not too long ago binge-watched the sequence together with her husband, not understanding that actual episode would quickly grow to be her actuality.

“This present helped me by means of a second yesterday with my husband, Henry Hager, as a result of it was noon, I used to be operating from a gathering, and I get a textual content that claims, ‘I used to be in search of this previous photograph to border, and I discovered your field,’” Jenna informed Hoda.

She mentioned the field was stuffed with keepsakes associated to her previous boyfriends.

“It doesn’t simply have one boyfriend,” she clarified.

Jenna mentioned that after being together with her for therefore lengthy, the field grew to become cluttered with different keepsakes. Initially, Henry discovered a letter from Jenna’s grandmother within the field earlier than reaching beneath and discovering mementos from his spouse’s exes.

Whereas Jenna famous that she hasn’t “been in that field in years,” she did bear in mind maintaining love letters, pictures and different objects.

Hoda gasped as she requested, “Wait, did he learn?”

“He mentioned he simply skimmed,” Jenna responded. “He mentioned he briefly took a peek on the field, nevertheless it scared him.”

She continued, “That is the factor, with out Kristen Bell and Adam Brody and all these individuals, he wouldn’t have even identified what a ‘field’ was.”

She mentioned the present helped them work by means of the minor subject in an identical, mature means. She recalled having a short dialogue in regards to the field and providing to burn it of their fire.

“He mentioned, ‘Nicely, ought to we discuss it?’ And I mentioned, ‘I don’t suppose we have to,’” Jenna mentioned.

Hoda and Jenna then identified that the “No one Desires This” storyline — and Jenna’s real-life expertise — could be extra relatable to girls.

“Males don’t maintain packing containers, I don’t suppose. Do they?” Hoda mentioned.

“I feel Henry used to have previous love letters, however I feel I removed these,” Jenna shared. “I don’t bear in mind precisely. However I used to be like, ‘The place’s your field?’ And he’s like, ‘You took my field years in the past.’”

Hoda mentioned she additionally has a field of recollections from her earlier marriage. She was married to Burzis Kanga from 2005 to 2008.

“It’s so bizarre as a result of generally after I put it again beneath the mattress, or wherever, I feel to myself, ‘I can’t consider that was such an enormous chapter in my life, and now it’s condensed to a shoe field of issues that’s now beneath the mattress,’” Hoda shared.

She added there’s “no hurt, no foul” in having a field as a result of it reminds her of a previous model of herself.

Jenna agreed, however she famous, “If I had discovered (Henry’s) field, we would have had a special dialog.”

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