Today host Jenna Bush Hager was left blushing during Wednesday’s show when music icon Mary J. Blige was forced to correct her about her own discography, when she accidentally referred to her second album as her “debut album “.
Jenna, 42, was interviewing the iconic singer alongside her co-host Hoda Kotb when she made the embarrassing faux pas, and Mary, 53, wasted no time in setting the record straight, refusing to enter in details about her. love life.
“We need to talk about the fact that your debut album just turned 30,” mother-of-three Jenna announced loudly, to which Mary bluntly responded, “Well, that’s the second one.” What is 411? It was the first.’
Trying to quickly get over her mistake, Jenna replied: ‘Oh okay, your second album! Your second album! You’re right!’ she as she looked at Hoda, who was smiling awkwardly, before admitting, “We Googled it because we were like, ‘she can’t be 30.'”
Mary J. Blige was forced to correct the hosts during an appearance on Today with Hoda & Jenna on Wednesday morning.
Hoda Kotb laughed nervously when Jenna Bush Hager (right) made an embarrassing faux pas while discussing Mary’s discography.
At one point, Mary refused to elaborate on her personal life when Jenna asked her if she was currently “dating.”
Jenna continued: ‘You wrote about such important things and also difficult things,’ to which Mary replied: ‘I mean, on the My Life album I was basically crying for help and just wanting someone to love me.
‘And it was a time in my life where I was just looking for love in the wrong places. But at the same time I wrote a song called My Life that relates to me right now and it scares me to death because I’m like, “How did I do that?” because life can only be what you make it.’
The Queen of R&B confirmed that she still believes in love and revealed that “that’s the only way I can be my own company,” before adding: “I’m not going to give up to date with love. I am not going to let a bad relationship or a bad marriage stop me from having a good life, having a romance and receiving the hugs that I want and desire.
‘You know, I’m not going to say, “I’m so tough,” no, I want a man, I want love, I want it all and I’m not going to let my past stop me from doing it. It’s because I love myself so I can attract things to me and I can receive the love I know I deserve.’
Jenna then asked him: ‘That’s very smart. Well, okay, so you’re dating? to which Mary simply replied, ‘Yes.’
This led to more awkward laughter from Jenna and Hoda, as the latter commented, ‘We have a yes!’ while Jenna added: ‘That’s it! Let’s leave it alone!’
At the beginning of the interview, Mary also had to correct mother-of-two Hoda when she claimed that the No More Drama hitmaker had received an award from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
“Well, it’s not even an award, I’m nominated,” Mary responded. “It’s an award for the company I’m in. I’m nominated along with Lenny Kravitz, Cher, Sade, Mariah Carey, Run-DMC… I mean, all these iconic people, you know, and me.”
Mary was promoting her Strength in a Woman Festival and said her success over the years hasn’t made her “an idiot or a stuck-up idiot.”
Mum-of-three Jenna admitted they had ‘Googled’ Mary’s second album to check how old she was.
The singer married her manager, Martin ‘Kendu’ Isaacs in December 2003, but the couple’s divorce was finalized in June 2018.
Mary continued, “It’s humbling and these moments remind me, ‘Wow, Mary, you’ve come a long way. I mean, the company you’re in in this category is huge.”
‘So, yeah, it’s humbling. Things like this don’t make me an idiot or a stuck-up prick, they just put me in front of where I’ve been and how far I’ve come.’
When asked about her speech at URBAN ONE HNORS in January, where she thanked herself after being honored with the Entertainment Icon Award, Mary explained, “I never thought I could, I never thought I was supposed to.”
“But after having been through so many, so many, so many things and having overcome so many things with so much grace, yes, I owe myself a thank you and that’s why I said I want to do something I’ve never done before, because I never thought I could.
“We grew up thinking we couldn’t brag or brag or, you know, love ourselves and now I’m doing all that, I’m bragging, I’m showing off, loving myself because I earned it.”
The New Yorker also revealed that the way she talks to herself is very different these days, and explained what she believes in herself.
‘I think I’m not perfect, but I’m a good person. I always strive to do the right thing. I have a lot of integrity, I try to keep my word. I am a great daughter and a great friend.
‘I’m there, I’m reliable, I keep my word. That is why I say that I am a woman of integrity, and I am not perfect, but I strive to be better. That’s what I love about myself.
‘I love the fact that I want to do the right thing, even when it’s hard. I want to do the hard thing, because it’s the right thing.’