<p>Jenna Bush Hagar admitted her wedding pictures might have been very different if she&#8217;d taken the advice of her father, then-President George W. Bush, who said she should skip a big ceremony and just elope.</p>
<p>The first daughter&#8217;s revelation came during her show with co-host Hoda Kotb Wednesday in the fourth hour of the &#8220;<a href="https://www.today.com/news/news/jenna-bush-hager-reveals-dad-george-w-bush-encouraged-elope-rcna23236?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma">Today with Hoda &amp; Jenna</a>&#8221; as the two were talking about how President Bush encouraged her and then-fiance Henry Chase Hager to elope in 2008 amid news of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker getting married (without a license) in Las Vegas. The clip can be seen <a href="https://www.today.com/news/news/jenna-bush-hager-reveals-dad-george-w-bush-encouraged-elope-rcna23236?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma">here.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain,&#8221; Jenna told Kotb. &#8220;He was like, &#8216;What are y&#8217;all doing? Y&#8217;all should just elope.'&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if he wanted us to go to Vegas to do it,&#8221; she added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/RlzU6OKaip">https://t.co/RlzU6OKaip</a></p>
<p>&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1511818821526564870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The wedding occurred during Bush&#8217;s presidency which was between 2001 and 2009.</p>
<p>In the end, dad&#8217;s plan was a no go and Jenna and Henry got married at a private ceremony at the Bush family&#8217;s Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas. In the past, she&#8217;s recalled special moments from the couple&#8217;s day. Throwback shots from their wedding can be seen <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BimUBgvBlwg/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2f40d6a6-9b48-4789-b980-58013ca3b1ff">here</a> and below.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I think my dad picked me up in a pickup truck, in his pickup truck, and he said, &#8216;You look beautiful, baby,&#8217; and then we both just wept,&#8221; Bush Hager previously shared on the <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/jenna-bush-hager-what-george-bush-told-her-wedding-day-t217899">show</a>. &#8220;I remember seeing Henry clearly, standing there at this cross that my dad had helped build for us. It&#8217;s still there, so we have our Christmas services there that we put together. Our kids have gotten to stand on it.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Today&#8221; show co-host made it clear it couldn&#8217;t have went better and even her dad has previously said it was all everyone could&#8217;ve ever dreamed of, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10696411/Jenna-Bush-Hager-reveals-father-George-W-Bush-tried-convince-ELOPE.html">reported</a> the Daily Mail.</p>
<p>&#8220;The wedding was spectacular,&#8221; President Bush shared at the time. &#8220;It&#8217;s all we could have hoped for. It was just a special day and a wonderful day, and we&#8217;re mighty blessed.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Our little girl, Jenna, married a really good guy,&#8221; he added after the wedding.</p>
<p>In May 2020, Jenna posted several throwback shots on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CABNDo1A-Gb/">Instagram</a> from her twelve years of marriage and captioned her post, &#8220;Twelve years ago I married this dude as the sun set over Texas—the day after his thirtieth birthday. Twelve years, three kids, some loss, and insurmountable JOY,—and I still love him with all of me. Happiest anniversary Hank.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jenna and Henry share three children together: Mila, 8, Poppy, 6, and Hal, 3.</p>
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