‘Today’ co-anchor Hoda Kotb announced that her 3-year-old daughter had recently been admitted to the hospital when she returned to the NBC morning program on Monday after a brief absence.
According to her radio interview, Hope, Kotb’s youngest child, was hospitalised for “a little more than a week” and spent a few days in the critical care unit after becoming ill.
“Today,” co-anchor Craig Melvin told viewers last week that Kotb was dealing with “a family health problem” amid growing anxiety for the AWOL newscaster.
As she gave viewers an update on her daughter’s situation on Monday, Kotb said, “I’m happy she’s home.”. She’s back at home. I had been anticipating that day, and we are closely monitoring her. I’m ecstatic right now. “.
Kotb hadn’t appeared on “Today” since February 17th. The seasoned broadcast journalist, mother, and breast cancer survivor went silent for a while, which led her followers to saturate her social media pages with messages of love and support.
Kotb’s co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie, also returned to the studio on Monday after leaving the program mid-air last week and testing positive for COVID-19.
The level of gratitude you can have for those who helped you when your child is ill, Kotb said on Monday, “What I realized, Savannah, is the level of gratitude you can have.”. “I appreciate the physicians and staff at Weill Cornell [Medicine]. “.
“I’m also appreciative of my family and the daily presence of individuals like you. Therefore I’d like to express my gratitude. You have my undying love. “.
Guthrie replied, wiping Kotb’s tears away, “I love you, too.”. “Hope and a lot of your friends are rooting for you. “.
