{"id":2165126,"date":"2025-11-18T21:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2165126"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:15:13","slug":"minka-kelly-shuts-down-jenna-bush-hagers-question-about-boyfriend-dan-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/minka-kelly-shuts-down-jenna-bush-hagers-question-about-boyfriend-dan-reynolds\/","title":{"rendered":"Minka Kelly shuts down Jenna Bush Hager&#8217;s question about boyfriend Dan Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Minka Kelly awkwardly shut down Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s question about her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/25\/minka-kelly-dan-reynolds-pack-on-pda-during-spa-date\/\">boyfriend Dan Reynolds<\/a> \u2014 leaving the host baffled on what to say next. <\/p>\n<p>The actress joined Hager and co-host Olivia Munn on Today with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uI9IQdAyIoI&amp;t=246s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jenna &amp; Friends Tuesday<\/a> to promote her new movie, \u201cChampagne Problems,\u201d but Hager, not so smoothy transitioned her questions to get a little more personal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking about the holidays and love in this romcom, you have a very big love in your life right now,\u201d she began, tripping over her words. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Minka Kelly awkwardly shut down Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s question about her boyfriend Dan Reynolds \u2014 leaving the host baffled on what to say next.  <span class=\"credit\">TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress joined Hager and co-host Olivia Munn on Today with Jenna &amp; Friends Tuesday to promote her new movie, but Hager not so smoothy transitioned her questions to get a little more personal. <span class=\"credit\">TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTalk about your relationship if you feel comfortable,\u201d Hager, 43, propositioned, which made Kelly shoot back into her seat and appear shocked.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Kelly, 45, looking visibly uncomfortable, the journalist continued to press about their relationship and specifically asked about a recent birthday message the \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d alum posted for the Imagine Dragons frontman and noted that it was \u201cbeautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it was beautiful,\u201d Kelly responded hesitantly. She also appeared to look off-camera, possibly over at her publicist for help. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSpeaking about the holidays and love in this romcom, you have a very big love in your life right now,\u201d she began, tripping over her words.  <span class=\"credit\">TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cTalk about your relationship if you feel comfortable,\u201d Hager propositioned, which made Kelly shoot back into her seat and appear shocked. <span class=\"credit\">TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very lucky. He\u2019s a really good guy,\u201d Kelly concluded. <\/p>\n<p>Hager began nervously laughing and called Kelly out saying, \u201cSounds like you don\u2019t want to talk about it. That\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Hager could continue the uncomfortable conversation, Munn, 45, swooped in and saved the painful interaction by recalling a fond memory she shares with Reynolds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kelly remained tight-lipped and answered hesitantly about Reynolds saying, \u201cHe\u2019s a great guy\u201d and she\u2019s \u201cvery lucky.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Mika Kelly\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Before Hager could continue the uncomfortable conversation, Munn swooped in and saved the painful interaction by recalling a fond memory with Reynolds.  <span class=\"credit\">TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She shared her experience working with him on a music video for his band, adding how he was \u201cso kind\u201d and she \u201clove[s]\u201d the musician, prompting Kelly to open up about her boyfriend a bit more. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the best, they\u2019re all the best,\u201d the \u201cRansom Canyon\u201d star gushed of Reynolds, 38, and the Imagine Dragons members. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think there\u2019s something sort of similar to the movie, in the theme of love sort of hits you when least expect it,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Munn\u2019s save prompted the \u201cRansom Canyon\u201d star to open up a bit more about the Imagine Dragons frontman who she\u2019s been dating since 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Terma, SL \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cAnd I think there\u2019s something sort of similar to the movie, in the theme of love sort of hits you when least expect it,\u201d she gushed.  <span class=\"credit\">Be Like Water Media \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kelly and Reynolds first <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/27\/minka-kelly-spotted-with-imagine-dragons-dan-reynolds-after-trevor-noah-split\/\">sparked romance rumors<\/a> in November 2022 after being spotted on a date night in LA soon\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/17\/imagine-dragons-lead-singer-dan-reynolds-and-wife-break-up\/\">after his split\u00a0<\/a>with ex-wife Aja Volkman.<\/p>\n<p>The duo then made it abundantly clear they were together by having <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/12\/20\/minka-kelly-and-dan-reynolds-pack-on-pda-during-lunch-date\/\">several moments of PDA<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Although they mainly keep their relationship out of the spotlight, Reynolds <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/02\/entertainment\/dan-reynolds-shares-the-strange-way-he-got-to-know-minka-kelly-before-dating\/\">opened up about their relationship<\/a> last year, sharing that since they were\u00a0long distance at first, Kelly offered to tell him about herself by sharing a copy of her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/04\/12\/inside-friday-night-lights-actress-minka-kellys-sad-childhood\/\">candid memoir,\u00a0\u201cTell Me Everything.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minka Kelly awkwardly shut down Jenna Bush Hager\u2019s question about her boyfriend Dan Reynolds \u2014 leaving the host baffled on what to say next. The actress joined Hager and co-host Olivia Munn on Today with Jenna &amp; Friends Tuesday to promote her new movie, \u201cChampagne Problems,\u201d but Hager, not so smoothy transitioned her questions to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2165127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24188,344976,24003,21741,31888,394872,21912,21800,314708,350134,21913],"class_list":["post-2165126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-jenna-bush-hager","tag-minka-kelly","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-olivia-munn","tag-today-show","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Minka-Kelly-shuts-down-Jenna-Bush-Hagers-question-about-boyfriend.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2165128,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165126\/revisions\/2165128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2165127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}