Jenna Bush Hager puts dad George W. Bush on the spot with live TV call on ‘Today’

Jenna Bush Hager is a reminder that there's never a wrong time to call your loved ones, even on live TV.

The TV journalist, 44, surprised her father, former President George W. Bush, with a phone call during the Sept. 17 episode of "Today with Jenna & Sheinelle."

Co-host Sheinelle Jones suggested the idea after sharing a clip from a 2007 episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" when Bush Hager called her dad. "Now that it’s your show… our show, can we call him again?" Jones asked.

Bush Hager was playfully reluctant at first, asking, "Why do y'all like to prank me?" acknowledging that former "Today" host Hoda Kotb had previously done this to her. She proceeded to dial her father and put the call on speakerphone close to the microphone. Once he answered she disclosed "You’re on TV, Dad!"

"I’ve been trying to avoid that," Bush replied.

Despite not planning to be on television, the 43rd president of the United States used the opportunity to promote his upcoming book "Call of Freedom: Portraits of Political Prisoners and Dissidents," which publishes on March 9.

"Listen, I’m glad you called because I don’t know if you know this or not, but…

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