Why Jenna Bush Hager Has Never Worked with a Stylist — and Loves to Repeat Outfits!

Mar. 15, 2025

Jenna Bush Hager.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via GettyJenna Bush Hageris revealing her style secrets!In a new interview withInStyle, theTodayhost, 42, opened up about why she’s never worked with a stylist, while also touching on her love for repeating outfits.“It’s hilarious because sometimes people will say, ‘Fire your stylists,'” Hager toldInStyle. “I think people think because we work on television that I have a stylist and I have to say, ‘I would be firing myself.’ Or if they’re like, ‘We love your look. Can you send us where you got it from? Can you ask your stylist?’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Jenna Bush Hager.Nathan Congleton/NBC via GettyOpening up about how she and co-hostHoda Kotb, 49, repeat their outfits, she added, “I mean, there’s no way if you’re on television every single day that you can own enough clothes to wear something different every single day, which we don’t even try to as you may know, if you’ve seen our show, especially Hoda loves a re-wear. But it’s just such an interesting thing to think about.“Meanwhile, Hager also spoke about her style when her father George W. Bush was the president of the United States.“My parents [George W. Bush and Laura Bush] were really lovely about not putting pressure on us to be anything but us,” she said. “So I definitely wore different outfits to school than I would wear to Inauguration, for example.”“But I was allowed to be me, and they never were like, ‘Oh, you should…’ I mean, I never ever have had a stylist, for example, and I’m sure other First Children did,” Hager continued. “So I think that that also is just such a wonderful blessing that they gave us or they trusted us to be ourselves.”Jenna Bush Hager.Nathan Congleton/NBC via GettyHager was a First Daughter along with her twin sister Barbara Bush when their father served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.Hoda Kotb (left), Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie.Jamie McCarthy/Getty“When you’re 18, had your parents said you need to look a certain way, it just wouldn’t have worked out,” the journalist explained. “I feel like we wouldn’t be as happy as humans if our parents didn’t give us the grace just to be us.”

Jenna Bush Hager.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Jenna Bush Hageris revealing her style secrets!In a new interview withInStyle, theTodayhost, 42, opened up about why she’s never worked with a stylist, while also touching on her love for repeating outfits.“It’s hilarious because sometimes people will say, ‘Fire your stylists,'” Hager toldInStyle. “I think people think because we work on television that I have a stylist and I have to say, ‘I would be firing myself.’ Or if they’re like, ‘We love your look. Can you send us where you got it from? Can you ask your stylist?’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Jenna Bush Hager.Nathan Congleton/NBC via GettyOpening up about how she and co-hostHoda Kotb, 49, repeat their outfits, she added, “I mean, there’s no way if you’re on television every single day that you can own enough clothes to wear something different every single day, which we don’t even try to as you may know, if you’ve seen our show, especially Hoda loves a re-wear. But it’s just such an interesting thing to think about.“Meanwhile, Hager also spoke about her style when her father George W. Bush was the president of the United States.“My parents [George W. Bush and Laura Bush] were really lovely about not putting pressure on us to be anything but us,” she said. “So I definitely wore different outfits to school than I would wear to Inauguration, for example.”“But I was allowed to be me, and they never were like, ‘Oh, you should…’ I mean, I never ever have had a stylist, for example, and I’m sure other First Children did,” Hager continued. “So I think that that also is just such a wonderful blessing that they gave us or they trusted us to be ourselves.”Jenna Bush Hager.Nathan Congleton/NBC via GettyHager was a First Daughter along with her twin sister Barbara Bush when their father served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.Hoda Kotb (left), Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie.Jamie McCarthy/Getty“When you’re 18, had your parents said you need to look a certain way, it just wouldn’t have worked out,” the journalist explained. “I feel like we wouldn’t be as happy as humans if our parents didn’t give us the grace just to be us.”

Jenna Bush Hageris revealing her style secrets!

In a new interview withInStyle, theTodayhost, 42, opened up about why she’s never worked with a stylist, while also touching on her love for repeating outfits.

“It’s hilarious because sometimes people will say, ‘Fire your stylists,'” Hager toldInStyle. “I think people think because we work on television that I have a stylist and I have to say, ‘I would be firing myself.’ Or if they’re like, ‘We love your look. Can you send us where you got it from? Can you ask your stylist?’ "

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Opening up about how she and co-hostHoda Kotb, 49, repeat their outfits, she added, “I mean, there’s no way if you’re on television every single day that you can own enough clothes to wear something different every single day, which we don’t even try to as you may know, if you’ve seen our show, especially Hoda loves a re-wear. But it’s just such an interesting thing to think about.”

Meanwhile, Hager also spoke about her style when her father George W. Bush was the president of the United States.

“My parents [George W. Bush and Laura Bush] were really lovely about not putting pressure on us to be anything but us,” she said. “So I definitely wore different outfits to school than I would wear to Inauguration, for example.”

“But I was allowed to be me, and they never were like, ‘Oh, you should…’ I mean, I never ever have had a stylist, for example, and I’m sure other First Children did,” Hager continued. “So I think that that also is just such a wonderful blessing that they gave us or they trusted us to be ourselves.”

Hager was a First Daughter along with her twin sister Barbara Bush when their father served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

Hoda Kotb (left), Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie.Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Jamie McCarthy/Getty

“When you’re 18, had your parents said you need to look a certain way, it just wouldn’t have worked out,” the journalist explained. “I feel like we wouldn’t be as happy as humans if our parents didn’t give us the grace just to be us.”

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