Sheinelle Jones was shocked by her 'Today' co-host's revelation, saying the moniker "hurts my feelings"
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- Jenna Bush Hager revealed her kids call her “Biggie,” a nickname she finds offensive and wants them to stop using
- The nickname stems from “Big Back,” which Bush Hager initially found humorous but now worries could spread
- Her eldest daughter, Mila, has also critiqued her speeches and appearance but later expressed pride in her mom
Jenna Bush Hager would like her kids to stick to calling her “Mom.” The 44-year-old Today co-host recently opened up about the new way her three kids — Mila, 13, Poppy, 10, and Hal, 6 — have been getting her attention.
“My children have brought home a term that I wish they’d left at the old door,” Bush Hager shared on Wednesday, May 13, during the latest episode of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle. “They call me Biggie. They’re like, ‘Okay, Biggie!’ And I’m like, ‘Excuse me?’ They’re like, ‘Whatever, Biggie!’ ”
Noting that her kids have also given her husband, Henry Hager, the nickname, the TV personality said that she’s warned her eldest daughter to stop using the moniker. “I’m like, ‘Mila, stop saying this. Hal’s gonna go to school and his teacher’s gonna be like, ‘Now, Hal, please turn in your homework.’ And he’s gonna be like, ‘No way, Biggie!’ ” the former educator remarked.
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Bush Hager’s co-host, Sheinelle Jones, responded in shock, saying, “I’ve never heard that. That hurts my feelings.”
The nickname got even more offensive as Bush Hager shared the origins. “You know what it stems from? The root word is ‘Big Back,’ ” the Read with Jenna founder noted. “The root word is Big Back and she has simplified it just to Biggie. Part of me at first found it to be… I like humor in words, so I was like, ‘Oh, that’s creative.’ But I’m like, ‘Stop calling everybody Biggie. It’s gonna spread.’ ”
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Jones, 48, who is also a mother of three kids, said that the explanation made the nickname “even worse.”
Bush Hager’s kids, apparently, have no problem calling it like they see it.
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Last month, when their mom introduced Queen Camilla at the New York Public Library, Mila made some comments about her mom’s speech that caused her to change it at the last minute. “I had to practice the introduction, and Mila actually said, 'You're talking too much about yourself,' " the host recounted on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle.
"And by the way, I woke up at 4 in the morning yesterday, and I changed the introduction,” she revealed, adding that Mila also told her that her “hair needed some work” before the event.
However, despite her harsh comments, the mom of three said her eldest daughter texted her after the event: “Proud of Y.”
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