Grammy-winning country singer Lainey Wilson certainly made an impression when she visited Today this summer.
Jenna Bush Hager revealed during a recent broadcast that her four-year-old son, Hal, developed a bit of a crush on Wilson when they met on Today in June.
“Remember when Lainey was here? This is something you wouldn’t believe unless you saw it, and I saw it,” Bush Hager told Hoda Kotb.
“I introduced my kids to her and afterwards, Hal Hager, age four… whispered to Mila, ‘She asked me to be her boyfriend. Lainey asked me if I would be her boyfriend,’” she recalled. “And Mila was like, ‘That singer?’ [Hal said], ‘Yeah she asked me, and now I’m her boyfriend.’”
The story made both Today hosts laugh as Bush Hager continued, “So then Henry and I kind of made fun of him and then I heard him the other day say, ‘Well, I called and broke up with her.’”
During her recent visit to Today, the Yellowstone actress reflected on just how far she’s come with her career, from getting rejected from American Idol seven times to winning a Grammy and starring in Taylor Sheridan‘s critically acclaimed Paramount series.
After their laughter subsided, Bush Hager had a special message for Wilson, if she ever decides to come back to Today: “Lainey, you have an admirer named Hal Hager who has created a whole story about how y’all once dated and then he called and dumped you, which we know is false.”
It’s always a fun time when Bush Hager brings her kids around the Today set.
In 2022, Bush Hager’s nine-year-old daughter shocked America when she announced that her mother “never wears underwear.”
As the Today crew laughed, she then added, “She’s not wearing it right now! I saw her change,” while Bush Hager tried to shoo her off the stage.