Jenna Bush Hager joined two powerhouse publishing stars for a special celebrity book club crossover at an empowering event on Tuesday.
The Today with Jenna and Friends host, 43, united in person with Oprah Winfrey, 71, and Reese Witherspoon, 48, for the first time as they came together to put their star-power behind new book release, The Tell.
Written by Amy Griffin, the founder of venture capital firm G9 Ventures, the book is about buried childhood trauma and has been chosen as Oprah's Book Club pick.
During a Q&A event hosted by Law and Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay, Oprah made a surprise appearance on stage.
However, the book lovers in the house were in for even more of a surprise as she gave a special shout-out to Jenna and Reese - who were sat together in the crowd.
Oprah gushed to the audience that the book was 'so powerful that never before have I been anywhere where Reese Witherspoon's book club, and Jenna's book club and my book club are all in the same room.'
As everyone cheered, Jenna and Reese then joined Oprah on stage and took photos together with the novel while fans captured the surprising moment.
Sharing a picture from the night with her fans on Instagram, Jenna noted: 'BOOK nerds UNITE! @oprah @reesewitherspoon and I got together to celebrate @amygriffin and her new book! I admire these queens SO MUCH!'
Jenna Bush Hager joined two powerhouse publishing stars for a special celebrity book club crossover at an empowering event on Tuesday
Oprah also shared a video of the encounter and explained in the caption: 'When a book is so important it brings @reesesbookclub, @readwithjenna, and our book club together to celebrate it!'
Reese was equally as gushing in her own Instagram post as she told fans: 'What an amazing night to celebrate @amygriffin new memoir and to honor storytelling of all kinds @fordfoundation.
'Everything got even MORE exciting with an unexpected run-in with the Queens who love Book & Authors as much as I do @oprah @jennabhager... I love you both so much... and of course ALL you amazing readers that my every book club so magical!'
Fans were delighted for Jenna and flooded to the comments section of her posts to celebrate the moment.
One wrote: 'No big deal. just you and your besties!!'
Another added: 'This is what dreams are made of.'
'So much book love in one photo!!' one fan noted while another commented: 'That's three Queens.'
On Wednesday's episode of TODAY, Savannah Guthrie - who also attended the event - explained how wonderful it was to see the three women together.
The Today with Jenna and Friends host united in person with Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon for the first time as they put their star-power behind new book, The Tell
She noted: 'Listen to what had happened. In the same room, last night at this book event, Oprah comes and she sees Reese and Jenna sitting in the audience and calls them up.
'Three iconic book divas right there under one roof. How neat is that?'
Jenna agreed as she said: 'It was so cool. When Oprah said that, I turned crimson. I couldn't believe it.
'She's like, "Only Amy Griffin who wrote this book, The Tell, who is [a] friend of Savannah and mine, could get all three of us in the room. Y'all come up." It was so cool.'
Jenna launched her book club in 2019, and announced the launch of her own book club imprint called, Thousand Voices x RHPG (Random House Publishing Group), back in January.
Looking back at the growth of her book club, Jenna told DailyMail.com in 2023: 'The success of this club is beyond my wildest dreams. I have loved reading since I was a little girl and the fact that I get to be surrounded by authors that admire means everything.
Jenna launched her book club in 2019, and announced the launch of her own book club imprint called, Thousand Voices x RHPG (Random House Publishing Group), back in January
'Our mission is to debut diverse authors, the fact that so many of these books have hit the NYT bestseller list means they have changed minds and opened minds.'
She continued: 'The fact people are falling in love with stories from all different perspectives and from all walks of life (which we can see from the sales) proves that people want this. They want to pull up chairs to the table and be seated together. I hope for our future because of this.'
At the time, 37 of Hager's selections had become New York Times bestsellers.
The star had also signed her first production deal with Universal Studio Group where she is developing and producing projects for television and movies.
At the time, 28 RWJ stories had been optioned for TV and film, and the anchor revealed her hope that this would 'help to double the audiences that theses stories are reaching.'
