Jenna Bush Hager has revealed the cute nickname her kids have for her.
If you’ve ever been given an embarrassing nickname by your own children, the news anchor knows exactly how you feel.
The Today with Jenna & Sheinelle co-host revealed on Wednesday’s episode that her three children, Mila, 13, Poppy, 10, and Hal, 6, have taken to calling her “Biggie.”
And she’s not thrilled about it.
“They call me Biggie,” Hager told co-host Sheinelle Jones.
“They say, ‘OK, Biggie!’ And I say, ‘Excuse me?’ They’re like, ‘Whatever, Biggie!'”
The 44-year-old, who shares her children with husband Henry Chase Hager, said the nickname was brought home by the children and she would rather they had left it at the door.
It gets worse.
The term, it turns out, is short for “Big Back,” a slang phrase that Mila has apparently condensed into a one-word criminal.
When Jones heard where it came from, she said it made it all the worse.
Her initial reaction, “I’ve never heard that. It hurts my feelings”, was arguably the most relatable reaction of the segment.
Hager admitted she had a complicated reaction at first.
“Part of me first found out that it was … I like humor in words, so I thought, ‘Oh, that’s creative,'” she said.
But the fun didn’t last long, especially when she started imagining the nickname taking on a life of its own. “Stop calling everyone Biggie. It will spread,” she warned her daughter.
Her biggest worry, however, is six-year-old Hal accidentally bringing it into the classroom.
“I say, ‘Mila, stop saying this.’ Hal has to go to school and his teacher will say, “Now, Hal, please turn in your homework.”
And he’s going to be like, “No, Biggie!'” Those are the kinds of scenarios that are fun right up until they actually happen.
This is not the first time Mila has put her mother in her place.
Last month, Hager revealed that her elders effectively banned her from volleyball games after one too many enthusiastic sideline moments.
“I was kicked out of my child,” she said, or more accurately, she was placed in what she called a “free zone” after letting out a mistimed cheer mid-match.
“Score was 6 to 7 and I say, ‘Six seven!'” she recalled before mimicking the icy look Mila shot her way.
She ended up participating in just the one game all season, and is now hoping to be “frozen” in time for next year.
Looks like Biggie has some fencing to do.
