Hoda Kotb returned to her anchoring duties on the Today show on Monday after over a two week absence, explaining that that her daughter Hope Catherine, 3, had health complications that landed her in the Intensive care unit and the hospital
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Hoda Kotb returned to her anchoring duties on the Today show Monday after a two week absence.
The Emmy-winning journalist — who co-anchors the NBC morning news show with Savannah Guthrie, as well as hosts Today’s fourth hour alongside Jenna Bush Hager — had been off live airways since Feb. 17, dealing with what Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones explained in a March 1 broadcast was « a family health matter. »
She elaborated more on what happened Monday, explaining that her daughter Hope Catherine, 3, had health complications that landed her in the Intensive care unit and the hospital.
« My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for and then in the hospital for a little over a week, » Kotb, 58, told Guthrie. « I’m so grateful she’s home, she is back home. I was waiting for that day to come, and we are watching her closely. »
« You know what I realized too, Savannah? It’s like, when your child is ill, the amount of gratitude you can have for people who helped you out, » Kotb continued. « So I’m grateful for the doctors at Weill Cornell who were amazing and the nurses. And I’m grateful for my family and I’m grateful to friends like you who were there every single day.
