Jenna Bush, first daughter to US President George W Bush, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and called her father on national TV. When asked how hard it would be to call her parents, writer and schoolteacher Jenna told DeGeneres it was easy, and proceeded to pick up the phone and dial them to prove the point.
In the episode, which was taped on Tuesday, she can be heard first speaking to her mother, Laura Bush.She can then be heard telling her father, George W Bush: "This is the Ellen Degeneres Show." This is how it proceeded...
Bush replies: "Well, that's great!"
DeGeneres: "How's it going?"
Bush: "It's going great, Ellen. How's my little girl doing?"
DeGeneres: "Oh, she's great. She's scared she's going to get in trouble, because I just said, 'Is it easy to just pick up the phone and call your dad anytime?' She said, 'Yes.' So I said, 'Okay well, let's call him, and then she goes, 'Oh', and now she's scared that she's not going to get any Christmas presents."
Jenna: "Dad?"
Bush: "Yes, baby?"
Jenna: "Are you mad?"
Bush: "No, not at all. I'm excited to talk to you. I'm glad to talk to Ellen."
DeGeneres: "Look, we are showing a picture of you holding your daughters when they were just born. That's beautiful. Alright, well, we just wanted to say Merry Christmas, and we thought you'd want to say Merry Christmas to our audience."
Bush: "I do want to say Merry Christmas to your audience, and I want to tell my little girl I love her."
Jenna: "I love you too, Dad."
Now is it just me, or was all that "I love you Daddy", "Little girl" and "baby" talk a little bit vomit worthy? Or perhaps I need to grow a heart.
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