Jenna Bush Hager Explains Why She Hasn’t Been Wearing Her Wedding Ring

Feb 27, 2025

The 'Today' co-anchor also detailed how she lost her husband Henry Chase Hager’s grandmother’s sapphire after going all out at Savannah Guthrie’s 50th birthday party

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Jenna Bush Hager is explaining why her wedding ring has been absent recently.

On the latest episode of Today with Jenna & Friends, Bush Hager, 43, addressed online speculation and revealed that "a bad wedding ring situation" is the real reason she's not wearing her wedding ring, not any marriage woes.

"I’m not wearing one now because I broke my finger, but don’t worry, I’ve seen some of the comments, Henry and I are still very happily married," she said.

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This dilemma appears to have sparked her memory of another unfortunate ring incident, as she reflected upon how partying too hard led to her losing her husband Henry Chase Hager’s grandmother’s sapphire.

"Once Savannah Guthrie had a 50th birthday and sometimes for my best friends’ birthdays, I feel like I really have to give it my all. I gave it my all," Bush Hager said. "One of the last people standing."

While her husband, 46, was getting "kind of grumpy" and left the 2022 celebration early, Bush Hager stayed back and continued to go all out — a decision she partially regrets.

"He went to bed a little earlier, sort of like, ‘Aren’t you coming with me?’ and I’m like, ‘No, I’m not coming with you!’ I woke up the next morning, I look down at my engagement ring and one of the stones was gone," the mother of three recalled.

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Bush Hager wasn't sure how to break the bad news.

"I was already a little bit on thin ice from my wild behavior," she said. "So I looked down and I’m like, ‘Oh no, do I tell him this now or do I wait?’ I went ahead and said, ‘Honey, you know, I know I lost a little bit of dignity last night. I also lost your grandmother’s sapphire.' "

Luckily, he was "okay" about the situation despite the sapphire never being found.

"He’s a tolerant person," Bush Hager said. "My mom calls him a ‘saint,’ which is really just saying that I’m difficult to be with. But anyway, I never found it again."

In September 2024, Bush Hager recalled her jewelry mishap to Hoda Kotb.

"I also had this panic like, ‘Do I tell Henry now, right when I wake up? Or do I tell him after maybe he’s had some food.’ I just said, you gotta tell him right away. And he was a little grumpy," she said at the time on Today with Hoda and Jenna.

Bush Hager tied the knot with her husband on May 10, 2008, at her family's lakeside ranch in Crawford, Texas. Over the years, the couple have welcomed three children together: Mila, 11; Poppy, 9; and Hal, 5.