Jenna Bush Hager Cries During On-Air Motherhood Admission

From the guts of New York City, it is Jenna Bush Hager getting candid about being a working mother.

The Today anchor—who shares youngsters Mila13, Poppy10, and Hal6, with husband Henry Hager—acquired emotional on air as she detailed balancing motherhood along with her skilled profession.

“I have been working a lot because this has been shooting, and then I’ve had these big interviews and then all the book stuff,” Jenna advised co-host Sheinelle Jones through the April 30 episode of Today with Jenna and Sheinelle, “and so this morning when I woke up, I thought, ‘OK, the next couple weeks, the next couple months, it’s like kid-focused.’”

“I’m like, how can I show up for Poppy in a way—now I’m crying,” she added earlier than tearing up. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”

But Jenna—whose stacked schedule has included reporting on the daytime present, showing within the Devil Wears Prada 2 and dealing as a producer on NBC’s Protection amongst different skilled ventures—wasn’t in it alone.

After all, Sheinelle swiftly embraced the journalist right into a hug as she regained her composure.