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Jenna Bush Hager is opening up about missing part of Today on Monday (August 10).

Why Was Jenna Bush Hager Missing From ‘Today’?

The 44-year-old co-host noticeably was not present during the first two hours of the show as usual for her “Morning Boost” segment, but hosted the fourth hour with Sheinelle Jones. (Jenna‘s segment was instead presented by Savannah Guthrie.)

“Everybody kept asking me….I mean, I’m not Jenna’s keeper,” Sheinelle joked of her co-host’s arrival, via People.

“‘Where’s Jenna? Sheinelle, where’s Jenna? Is Jenna gonna make it?’ I’m like, ‘Well, she didn’t text me, so that means it’s gonna be just fine,'” she went on to say.

“Then, I came in and I was like, ‘Oh, no,’” Jenna went on to say.

Jenna Bush Hager Explains Her Late Arrival

“Well, I’m straight off a flight because I was in Maine with my family and my little nephew got baptized,” she revealed, referring to twin sister Barbara Pierce Bush’s son Edward Finn Coyne, 2.

Jenna said she read Mary Oliver’s poem “When I Am Among the Trees” at the special ceremony.

Jenna Bush Hager Gets Emotional Talking About Her Nephew’s Baptism

“I was reading it, and it was in the church where I’ve gone with my grandparents my whole life. My kids were baptized there. I mean, see, what is wrong?” she said as she began choking up.

“There’s something evolutionary about looking up and seeing your twin sister hold this big ol’ baby. I couldn’t help it. I was kind of weepy. But it was so fun to have all the cousins together.”

“They let me miss the earlier hours, so I’m straight off a flight,” she added, saying the show was aware of her flight schedule.

Craig Melvin accidentally disclosed a big secret live on the Today show involving co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager earlier this year.

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