George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager shared an intersting story regarding her father and mother during a recent interview with the Today Show crew.
Hager shared her father former president George W. Bush once got into a crash crash after her mother forme rfirst lady Laura Bush criticized his speech.
Hager shared, “It’s funny that you bring up speeches because when my parentsied, my dad gave a speech in Midland, Texas, and they were driving up, were first married and he thought [that was] pretty good. And he said, ‘Laura, how do you think I did?’”
“And she sort of stalled because my mom is not confrontational, and she just said, ‘It wasn’t very good. It wasn’t.’ added Hager.
In response to his wife’s criticism, George W. Bush drove his car into the garage!
A young George W. Bush was apparently so rattled by his wife’s brutal honesty about a subpar speech that he accidentally crashed their car.https://t.co/v0ZR4TrqHZ
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 24, 2024
Here’s what Yahoo News reported:
A young George W. Bush was apparently so rattled by his wife’s brutal honesty about a subpar speech that he accidentally crashed their car.
That’s according to Jenna Bush Hager, who had the Today show crew in stitches on Wednesday when she shared the hilarious bit of family lore.
“It’s funny that you bring up speeches because when my parents were first married, my dad gave a speech in Midland, Texas, and they were driving up and he thought [that was] pretty good. And he said, ‘Laura, how do you think I did?’” she said.
“And she sort of stalled because my mom is not confrontational, and she just said, ‘It wasn’t very good. It wasn’t.’ And he drove the car into the garage!”
The anecdote came up while Bush Hager and co-host Hoda Kotb were discussing how to give constructive criticism in relationships
“I guess he hit the wall—we should get the details—but he was so stunned by the honesty that he wasn’t paying attention… I think he was looking at her and then he crashed,” Bush Hager recalled. “I think my dad was just starting so he probably didn’t know the difference. They were very young, they had just gotten married.”
‘Stunned’ George W. Bush Crashed Car After Laura Dissed His Speech
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Jenna Bush Hager shared the amusing anecdote on the “Today” show.https://t.co/0AByo6c9ma via @thedailybeast— "GͣᶰoᶰoͤgᵍeͬlͤiͭAͤrt " (@GoogeliArt) April 24, 2024
Maybe Laura Bush should’ve told George there were no WMDs in Iraq, too!
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