-I love having you on. I have so much --
I like the -- I thought you were going in for a double kiss.
-I know. I just did a single kiss.
-Yeah, but it was a good single kiss,
but I thought you were going for the second,
so I kind of waited for the second.
-I kind of messed up your beard just a little bit right there.
You might need your comb. -Because it's fa-- Oh.
-Is it fake? -Thank you so much.
It's fake. -How did you grow that?
-I've been -- Spirit Halloween opened down the street from me.
[ Jazz music plays ] And I --
-Is there music that plays when you comb your beard?
-No, it's just in -- -Wow.
-Wow. Yeah. Big time. Big time, right?
No. Speaking of big time, I want to talk to you about this.
This is giant. I wish that I did this.
You went to the White House just -- and saw --
-Yes.
-Was it yesterday or two days ago?
-Friday night. -You saw Elton John's --
-We saw Elton John. -At the White House.
-Yes. -How -- What was it like?
-It was crazy!
I mean, we grew up listening to Elton John.
I'm sure you did, too. -Of course. I love Elton John.
-So my mom called and was like,
"We're invited to the White House. We should go back."
-But you are invited always to the White House.
-No, we're not. No. We're not.
[ Laughter ] -You grew up there.
-Yeah, but you only are there for a brief period,
and then you can't go back. -I understand.
You can't just ring the doorbell and be like, "I have the key."
-No, and in fact, when we walked out, my husband goes,
"Don't you wish we were just going upstairs to go to bed?"
-Really? -We had to be like, "Okay.
Now time to go to the hotel." -No. You have to leave.
You're like, "No, we don't live here anymore."
-"It's time to go." -Wow.
-But it was very cool to see Elton John on the South Lawn.
And I took my little girls, who had never been,
and they couldn't believe it. -I have a photo.
-They were like, "Wait. What?" -They couldn't be cuter.
Look at them here. -They're they are.
-Come on. -Yes.
-Stop it right now. [ Audience awws ]
But what a great family.
But here's what I want -- I have a photo here.
But this made me laugh.
You brought this exclusive for us.
-I sure did.
-This is taken by President Biden.
-President Biden took a picture.
First of all, they were so gracious.
They met us at the front gate. -Yeah.
-You know, like, we drove in like we used to,
and they met us there.
They were standing on the steps, and my kids were like,
[ Gasps ] "That's the President?!
What do we do?!"
And I'm like "You say, 'Hello, Mr. President.'"
And Mila's like, "What if I was like,
'Hey. I'm Mila. What's your name?'"
I'm like, "Then you'll never come back."
-"No! Don't you -- Don't you ever do that.
Don't even joke around." -"Then you'll never come back."
But, yeah, he was --
-But not only that, but he took a photo.
-He was like -- There was a portrait of my mom...
-Of course. -...hanging on the wall.
-In the White House.
-And he said, "Can I get a picture?"
Which is just the sweetest. -I love this.
And here's the photo right here. -...took the picture.
-Look at this. The pic --
The portrait not even close to being in the shot.
[ Laughter ]
Barely.
That's your -- That's your mom's arms.
That's her arms. Or is it her dre-- Yeah.
-I mean, look at everybody's face.
It's also some, like -- some sort of talking.
I think -- -She's so cute. She's so cute.
Everyone's talking. You're looking somewhere else.
[ Laughter ]
-I'm pretty sure what I said is,
"President Biden, my husband can take the picture."
We didn't really expect the President...
-You have to frame this. -...to take it.
-The President took this photo. -I know.
-You have to frame this. -It was very gracious of him.
-And I didn't get to see you the other night.
I know you were at Harry Styles...
-Yes. -...at the Garden.
-How good was it? -He's unbelievable.
-Wait. Can I just tell you --
Jimmy, I know where you were 'cause I was right above you.
-How did --
-First of all, people were walking by.
I was like, "Is that Olivia Wilde? Who is sitting there?"
Because people were waving at this one person.
And it was you! -Yeah.
-The millennial girls know and love you!
-Yeah, that's my fanbase. -It must be.
[ Laughter ]
I kind of saw him. -No, no, no.
They sat me in these seats with, like, spotlights on me
for some reason. -I saw it.
-I go, "Any other seat is totally fine.
I just want to see Harry and have a good time
and kind of just dance." -Yeah. Your dance moves, too.
I mean, I was watching Harry most of the time because, wow.
-Who doesn't watch Harry Styles? -Right?
-Yeah. -Harry Styles.
-My dance moves were a little...
-But he -- Jimmy does some major sort of, like --
It's like Grateful Dead meets Dad dancing.
[ Laughter ] -What?
What are you talking about? -You were, like, jamming out.
-Kind of jamming out? I wasn't doing that.
-Yeah, you totally were. -I tried -- Like a ski thing?
I was trying different -- I was trying different moves
because I was embarrassed because I was Dad dancing.
But I was Dad dancing before I was a dad.
That's how I dance. -No, I know.
I Mom danced before I was a mom.
-And I'm, like, dancing, and I go -- And all these --
-Girls. I saw it.
-They had all their phones out, and I'm already a meme.
I go, "Alright. This is already a disaster."
I was, like, trying to be that.
And then I'm like, "Maybe I'll clap."
-Oh, you were doing sort of a side clap.
-I was side clapping.
Then I -- That wasn't really working.
And then I go, "I got to stop side clapping."
And then I just stood there, and then I did this for a bit.
[ Laughter ]
And I go, "How creepy is that?" I go, "I just got to stop."
And then I go, "I'm just gonna have fun."
-Wait, but also weren't you
singing every word to every song?
Like, at one point, I thought to myself...
-That's so sad. -..."If my children were here,
they would be -- they would have left."
-Yeah. -They would have been so
humiliated because I knew -- -You can't look cool
at a concert. -No, we're nerds.
-I love him. I love Harry Styles.
That's why I sang every song I knew.
I'm like -- Love it. "Matilda."
-Oh, "Matilda" is so good. -Don't even talk to me.
-"Matilda"! -"Matilda" is the jam.
-"Matilda" is so good. "Late Night Talking." Ooh.
-I was doing all of it.
-My 3-year-old son can sing "Late Night Talking."
-He knows all the words? -Yeah, he's like -- ♪ Talking ♪
-Does Hoda -- Does Hoda get into Harry?
-Oh, Hoda loves Harry. -She does?
-We actually -- Harry played on the "Today" show,
and he smells like you think he smells.
-Yeah.
Like, you know what I mean?
-That's all I wanted to hear. -Just like you think he smells.
-That's all we wanted to hear. He does, right?
-Whew. Yes. -Yeah, he's money in the bank.
-I mean, what is it about Harry Styles?
-He's money. He's just got it. -We can't help it.
-He's got it. He's just got everything. He's so cool.
I want to talk to you about your book club.
Because this is a giant deal, by the way, buddy. Congratulations.
-Oh, thank you. -It's a massive hit.
"Read with Jenna."
I want to say -- You do a book a month.
-Yes. -And out of -- out of the ones
you've done, 33 have hit
"The New York Times" Best Seller list.
-Wow. You did your homework. -I did do my homework.
Yeah, I don't need -- -Yeah.
-I don't need this. This is all fake.
I don't need any of this stuff. I know who I'm talking to.
-I know. It's -- -I'm a big fan.
But congratulations.
-Well, and you kind of have a book club, too.
We need to do a collab. -I would do a collab.
-Do you wanna do a collab? -I would love to do one.
I don't -- -You're starting. Right?
-We were doing summer book club.
-I think you gotta do more. -Really?
Because here's the thing.
There are a ton of readers out there.
-There are. -And there's tons of authors.
Our mission is to highlight debuting diverse authors
to give authors that haven't always had, like,
the money behind them a platform in the "Today" show.
-Yeah. -And it's been awesome.
-And you've done it. -It's awesome. It's so fun.
-You've done what you wanted to achieve.
You've achieved a goal,
and it's continuing to get bigger and bigger.
And I just heard that you started a production company.
-Yes. -What is it called?
-Well, Thousand Voices. -Thousand Voices.
-We're almost there, but we can tell you,
and the point is to have a ton of different perspectives.
-yeah. -I feel like --
-And you're going to make them into movies?
-And television shows.
So, we have seven projects right now...
-This is massive for people. -...of books that I love
that hopefully some of you all have read with us
that will one day be on the screen
if we can get our act together. -Congratulations.
-But it feels really good to people.
-It's cool that you're doing this.
And it's like, yeah, get more people out there reading.
-Yes. -I love it, love it, love it.
-Yes, yes. -You're awesome, pal.
I love you. -Thank you.
-Jenna Bush Hager, everybody.
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