{"id":2388252,"date":"2026-04-24T23:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2388252"},"modified":"2026-04-24T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:52:07","slug":"jenna-bush-hager-reveals-why-she-got-banned-from-13-year-old-daughters-volleyball-games-i-was-frozen-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jenna-bush-hager-reveals-why-she-got-banned-from-13-year-old-daughters-volleyball-games-i-was-frozen-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Bush Hager reveals why she got banned from 13-year-old daughter&#8217;s volleyball games: &#8216;I was frozen out&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jenna Bush Hager said on Friday&#8217;s episode of <em>Today<\/em> that her eldest daughter was embarrassed by her cheering at her volleyball games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hal, Hager&#8217;s 6-year-old son, has also told her on the flag football field that she&#8217;s too loud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The TV star and mom of three is hopeful that she&#8217;ll be back watching volleyball games next season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jenna Bush Hager;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> may be a TV star, but to her kids she&#8217;s just an embarrassing mom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In fact, the anchor said on Friday&#8217;s episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Today<\/em><\/a><em> With Jenna and Sheinelle<\/em> that her eldest daughter, 13-year-old Mila, has banned her from her volleyball games. Turns out Hager was cheering a little too aggressively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said she&#8217;d been &#8220;kicked out by my child,&#8221; then clarified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Well, I didn&#8217;t get kicked out, like, removed immediately,&#8221; Hager said. &#8220;I got put into a free zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hager, who said she enjoys cheering and heckling at sports events, did something particularly mortifying to Mila. &#8220;The score was 6 to 7, and I go, &#8216;Six seven!&#8217; And Mila looked at me like this,&#8221; Hager confessed, as she put on a look of disapproval. &#8220;Afterwards, I was frozen out. I went to one volleyball game this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jenn Bush Hager and her family<br \/>Credit: Jenna Bush Hager\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hager said she&#8217;s looking forward to the ban expiring. &#8220;I think I&#8217;m gonna be unfrozen for next year,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;I\u2019m just not gonna try to be the center of attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it&#8217;s not just Mila, the eldest of three children that Hager and husband Henry Hager share, followed by 10-year-old daughter Poppy and son Hal, who&#8217;s 6. She&#8217;s faced backlash from her youngest too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Now on the flag football field, Hal&#8217;s all like, &#8216;Don&#8217;t cheer. You&#8217;re too loud, Mom,'&#8221; the TV star noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hager reminded viewers that she&#8217;d been enthusiastically watching sports games since she was a kid herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My dad worked in baseball, so went to like 70 games a year,&#8221; she noted. &#8220;I would cheer. I loved to cheer. I learned how to take score. I knew how to do everything, so I&#8217;m kind of a sports kid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before he became president in 2001, Hager&#8217;s father, George W. Bush, was part of a group of investors who bought Major League Baseball&#8217;s Texas Rangers team. He was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rangers\/history\/owners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:an owner;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">an owner<\/a> from 1989 to 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite her time out with her daughter when it comes to sports, Hager still celebrated Mila&#8217;s birthday big time. She posted multiple photos on Instagram Stories, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jenna-bush-hager-celebrates-daughter-mila-13th-birthday-11948456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE<\/a>, including one of her daughter as a newborn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/why-jenna-bush-hager-banned-from-teen-daughter-volleyball-games-11958669\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Jenna Bush Hager said on Friday&#8217;s episode of Today that her eldest daughter was embarrassed by her cheering at her volleyball games. Hal, Hager&#8217;s 6-year-old son, has also told her on the flag football field that she&#8217;s too loud. 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