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Wait, why does Barbara Bush have only eight toes?

April 10, 2017 at 2:58 p.m. EDT
In this 2015 file photo, former president George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, speak at a college basketball game in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

In one of the stranger disclosures we’ve heard in a long time, former first daughter and “Today” show co-host Jenna Bush Hager revealed that her grandmother, former first lady Barbara Bush, is missing a toe on each foot.

The bizarre on-air revelation, which Hager quickly realized was TMI (“Ganny, I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have said it!” she said) begs so many questions: Why do we care? Is it weird to be thinking about Barbara Bush’s toes?