Jenna Bush Hager Reacts After Her 'Thirst Trap' Is a Clue onPop Culture Jeopardy!: 'Never Made My Parents More Proud'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jenna Bush Hager responds to her 2022 thirst traps being a clue on ‘Pop Culture Jeopardy!'.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

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Jenna Bush Hager’s thirst trap is one to remember.

Back in 2022, theTodayhost showed a new side of herself to fans when she celebratedHoda & Jennareaching one million followerson Instagram with asexy photo shooton set.

The images showed Bush Hager, 43, giving her best smize with her blonde locks flowing in the wind (courtesy of her co-hostHoda Kotband her handy blowdryer).

After two years, the photos resurfaced on a recent episode ofPop Culture Jeopardy!in the form of this hilarious clue: “With the help of Hoda Kotb and a hairdryer, this ‘Today Show’ book guru posted a thirst trap to celebrate 1 million followers.”

“All I have to say is I’ve never made my parents more proud,” Bush Hager, whose parents are former PresidentGeorge W. Bushand former first lady Laura Bush, joked onTodayon Thursday, Jan. 14. “That’s the Jeopardy! clue I get? Jeeze!”

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Carson Daly admitted that he “didn’t even know what a thirst trap is,” prompting Bush Hager to tell everyone in the room, also including Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin, and Al Roker, what the trend is all about.

“I’ll tell you what a thirst trap is," she said. “A thirst trap is, you know, you go on Instagram and there’s the people who are kind of sexy and dressed inappropriately and they’re trying to get the attention of somebody.”

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Hoda Kotb helps Jenna Bush Hager get the perfect thirst trap shot on ‘Today’ in 2022’.Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

In addition to her being the talk ofJeopardy, Bush Hager has also been the talk of television with the debut ofToday with Jenna & Friends.

On her new daytime segment, the seasoned host will bring onvarious celebrity guests, includingScarlett Johansson, who willjoin the fourth hour ofTodayfor a weekbeginning Jan. 21.

However, on her first episode, co-hosted with Taraji P. Henson, Bush Hager took her new gig in stride, joking that finding a replacement was almost like being in the dating pool all over again.

“I haven’t dated, and this iskind of my dating era, and you’re my first date,” Bush Hager quipped.

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