Television personalities receive a lot of mail from viewers, but every once in awhile they get something that leaves them taken aback.
31.03.2023 - 12:37 / usmagazine.com
Feeling the love. Hoda Kotb’s Today family has been nothing but supportive following her daughter Hope’s health scare.
“Hoda’s coworkers and friends have been reaching out right and left and Hoda is definitely feeling the love!” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
The insider continued: “Hoda’s daughter is healing and getting better every day. It’s far less scary for Hoda at home. Hoda decided to take off spring break to spend as much time with her daughter as possible. After the health scare, she realized what was most important to her and it didn’t feel right going into work when her daughter was home all day after their terrifying ordeal.”
Following several days away from the NBC morning show, coanchors Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones revealed on Today’s March 1 episode that Kotb’s hiatus was due to a “family health matter.” On March 6, the 58-year-old journalist returned to the series and explained that her 3-year-old daughter, Hope, was in the ICU for “a little more than a week.” Kotb also shares daughter Haley, 6, with her ex-fiancé, Joel Schiffman.
“You know what I realized, too, Savannah? When your child is ill, the amount of gratitude you can have for people who helped you out … I’m grateful for the doctors at Weill Cornell who were amazing and the nurses,” she tearfully told her cohost Savannah Guthrie. “And I’m grateful to my family.”
The following day, the Emmy winner thanked fans for their support during her family’s tough time. “I have read your notes …. your posts … thank you,” she tweeted on March 7. “Means more than you will ever know xo.”
Another source exclusively shared new details with Us about how Hope’s hospital stay had affected her famous mom. “Hoda had been terrified for Hope
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Hoda Kotb was absent from the show on Friday morning after recently returning from vacation with her family.Co-anchor Savannah Guthrie explained Kotb's absence at the top of Friday's show, saying, «Hoda's a bit under the weather. Good to have Craig [Melvin] along with us.»Kotb, 58, had recently returned to the NBC morning show this week after being out last week on vacation for her daughters' spring break.It's been a rough few months for the journalist, who shared that her initial absence from the show back in late February and early March came amid her youngest daughter, Hope's, stint in the ICU and subsequent hospitalization.«Little Hope had to go to the hospital and she was in the ICU for a few days and then in the hospital for another week and it was really scary,» the mother of two shared at the time, without revealing what health scare had placed her 3-year-old daughter in the hospital.
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Ready to recharge. Hoda Kotb is taking another break from Today after daughter Hope’s hospital stay.
Hoda Kotb is enjoying some time with her daughters following her 3-year-old daughter Hope's recent health scare. The 58-year-old co-anchor is taking the week off from the NBC morning show.On Tuesday morning, Kotb's co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie announced at the top of the show that «Hoda's on vacation,» with Craig Melvin filling in. Melvin filled in on Monday as well and again on Wednesday.
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