Jenna Bush Hager has revealed she “wrecked” her car in her own driveway, after admitting she and her twin sister Barbara were in more than a dozen accidents when they were younger.
The Today With Hoda & Jenna co-host, 42, confessed that she lost control while trying to back out of her own house due to the icy road.
Jenna admitted to Will Geist, who was filling in for Hoda, that she wasn’t a “great driver,” as she told viewers Thursday that she and Barbara have been in a total of 13 car accidents since they started driving.
The mother of three detailed the terrifying moment she lost the steering wheel while trying to drive on the icy road, blaming the incident on the fact that she grew up in Texas and had no idea how to handle “black ice.”
Jenna Bush Hager has revealed she “wrecked” her car in her own driveway after admitting she and her twin sister Barbara were in more than a dozen accidents.
The Today With Hoda & Jenna co-host, 42, confessed that she spun out of control while trying to back out of her own house due to the icy road.
Jenna admitted that she was not a “great driver,” as she told viewers that she and Barbara had been involved in a total of 13 car accidents since she started driving (Jenna and Barbara were seen at age 17).
Jenna later revealed that she and Barbara had many accidents when they first started driving.
‘I had a total accident in my own driveway lately. He totaled the car. Total loss. Total loss, as Henry would like to say, total loss,” he stated.
The mother-of-three, who has been married to her husband, Henry, for 15 years, revealed the incident happened recently.
She blamed the accident on the frozen ground, adding that she grew up in Texas, so she didn’t know how to deal with black ice.
‘I had never heard of black ice. He didn’t know what would happen. I hit him. “I was going too fast too and I hit a tree, that was it,” the TV personality explained.
Luckily, Jenna revealed that she wasn’t hurt, before adding that she was fine.
However, he didn’t stop there with his driving confessions, and even threw Barbara under the bus by sharing his own road mishaps.
“During my first year of driving, I had some problems with impulse control, you know, my brain developed a little later, so I would just put it on, get in the car and accelerate without looking back, so Barbara and I… “And I’m not 100 percent sure this is the perfect number, but I’m pretty sure the two of us together had 13 accidents,” she said.
The mother-of-three, who has been married to her husband, Henry, for 15 years, detailed the terrifying moment she lost the wheel.
Jenna also later revealed that she and Barbara had many accidents when they first started driving (Jenna was seen as a child).
The Today co-host quickly corrected herself and let viewers know they weren’t major accidents, adding that they were “minor fender dings.”
The Today co-anchor quickly corrected herself and let viewers know that they weren’t major accidents, adding that they were “little bumps on the fender” and that most of them “didn’t even require work.”
Willie chimed in: “These might be the five worst drivers of all time.”
Jenna then admitted that she’s “not a great driver.”
The mother of three frequently shares stories about her past; She previously revealed that she and her twin sister received male nicknames when they were children because people often confused them with her parents’ sons.
During an episode of the morning show, Jenna and Hoda, 59, reflected on the “childhood wounds” that followed them into adulthood, leading George W. and Laura’s daughter to confess that she and Barbara They dealt with some silly antics from their parents.
She explained that her parents referred to her and Barbara as Benny and Beau after so many people mistook them for children.
Jenna noted that the quirky nickname and her appearance as a child helped shape who she is today, including her sense of humor.
Jenna frequently shares updates about her life and recently embarked on a vacation with her daughter Mila in Florida with co-host Savannah Guthrie and her daughter, Vale.
Jenna and Savannah have been friends off-screen for many years and regularly document their family gatherings, including their annual trick-or-treating tradition.
Jenna later noted that embarrassing her children was “one of the greatest joys of parenting,” as she frequently teases them by playing loud music while dropping them off at school.
Just two days ago, the mom proudly showed off her daughter mastering the waves during a surfing lesson after the Today star embarked on a sun-soaked trip to Florida with co-host Savannah Guthrie.
On Sunday, he took to Instagram to share a video of his 10-year-old daughter Mila effortlessly surfing in Palm Beach.
The young woman seemed completely comfortable in the water as she mastered standing on the board.