Jenna Bush Hager reveals unexpected 'addiction' in candid post | HELLO! (2025)

Jenna Bush Hager unveiled a strange new addiction that she has picked up on Thursday, with the Todayhost sharing insight into her surprising hobby.

Jenna took to her Instagram stories to share a picture of herself playing mahjong, a Chinese tile-based game traditionally played with four people.

The popular game sees players draw and discard tiles to form specific combinations, and it appears the mother of three is a hugefan of it.

"Do I have a mahjong addiction? @themahjongline," she captioned the post. HowJenna finds the time to play amid her busy schedule, one can only imagine.

Mahjong has a fan amongst the royals too, with Meghan Markle hosting a regular games night to play the game, dubbing her group of friends the 'Maj Squad'.

Career high

The TV personality will host the first-ever Read With Jenna festival in Nashville on May 30 and 31, following the incredible success of her book club of the same name.

"It's going to be so much fun. I'llbe joinedbyElin Hilderbrand, Ann Patchett,Alison Espach, Rumaan Alam,Jessica Sofferand many more Read With Jenna authors," she announcedonToday.

"My mom started the Texas Book Festival andI'm starting the Read With Jenna Book Festival!" she added.

Read With Jenna boasts over 86,000 members on Facebook alone,and entered its sixth year in 2025.

Jenna's book club picks tend to skyrocket upthe charts, with her co-hostCraig Melvinsharing that almost two-thirds of the books becameNew York Timesbestsellers after she featured them, while over halfof themreceived film or TV adaptation offers.

Forever friends

Thiscomes just months after Jenna's partner in crime, Hoda Kotb, leftTodayafter 17 years to be more present in her young daughters' lives.

The pair have remained extremely close following Hoda's departure, with the blonde beauty sharing that they still talk frequently.

"I talk to Hoda all the time. Not enough," she said. "I'd like to talk to her every day if I could andthat's what I had, but the thing is, and this is the thing about Hoda, she still wakes up at 4:30 in the morning, which is insane."

Sisterly bond

Hoda previously spoke on the show about their close bond, recalling the early days of their friendship when the former First Daughter joined the series in 2009.

"We started off as colleagues/friends. We didn't really know each other. Over the five years, there's such a deep understanding of the other's soul and purpose," the mother of two said.

"We have traveled down these roads together," she continued. "A lot of times friendshipsdon't grow, youtalk about the old days. Not ours. Like every day [there's] something different, something new, something we're learning."

She added that the author was "my closest friend in adulthood that I didn't know that Ineeded," while Jenna shared that they "love each other."

"We are really good friends, and so it makes work easy and natural and fun because I adore who I am next to," she said, sharing that "sitting next to [Hoda] every single day for the last five years has been the best, best privilege."

To see more of Hoda and Jenna's sweet friendship, watch below...