Jenna Bush Hager Looks Back On Growing Up With Her Twin Sister Barbara: “With Twins, The World Kind Of Compares You”

This weekend may mark the start of Daylight Savings Time, but Jenna Bush Hager at least has one more thing to look forward to: she and her twin sister, Barbara Bush, are kicking off their book tour to promote their new children’s book Love Comes First.

Hoda Kotb asked her Today co-host what it’s like to go on book tours with her sister, who she has written four books with.

“What is the most-asked question you get?” Kotb asked her.

Bush Hager explained that most attendees ask her and her sister why they never seem to get into arguments.

“The truth is we’re normal sisters, we’re weird, normal sisters, so we do fight,” she replied. “I think people ask us about that or people ask us how our parents raised us to be so close.”

Kotb, who is a parent to two daughters, then asked, “Do you think your parents forced you guys together or did they just assume you guys are in the same grade, you have similar friends, you’re going to be together?”

Bush Hager shared a rather candid look back on her childhood with Barbara. The twins grew up in Texas, where their father, former U.S. President George W. Bush, was elected governor before becoming POTUS.

The Today co-host has spoken about her parents’ unique approach to raising her and her sister various times on the show. Today, she shared, “I actually think they gave us independence because, I think with twins in particular, the world kind of compares you.”

She continued, “The teachers will be like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s the one that’s real good at math,’ like we heard that a lot as little kids.” She explained that her parents helped them stay close “by giving us our own identity and letting us do our own thing.”

Today with Jenna and Hoda airs on weekdays at 10/9c on NBC.