Barbara Bush Responds to Book Account of Fetus in a Jar

Transcript via Politico:

KING: You also disclose, Barbara — George discloses something very personal about you, which he says you gave him special permission to write about. He wrote that when you once had a miscarriage, you showed him the fetus in the jar.

BARBARA BUSH: No, really the truth is ...

KING: We touched on it before. But we didn't elaborate.

BARBARA BUSH: I didn't put it in the jar.

KING: What?

BARBARA BUSH: It's not in the library. No ...

KING: I know.

BARBARA BUSH: George — Paula put it in the jar. And I was shocked when she gave it to him to — but, you know, memories dim a little bit but, anyway — but he was very ...

KING: Were you shocked that he put it in the book?

BARBARA BUSH: No. He asked permission, and I gave him permission. It's his book. And I think he was trying to say that he and I have a very special relationship. We tease all the time, and that's not very nice of me, but —you know, you've got to tease a little bit. And he teases me unmercifully. But we're very close.