Following an unplanned two-week absence on account of a household well being matter, Hoda Kotb returned to the At present present on Monday. The long-running co-host addressed her momentary depart on the prime of the published.
“My youngest [daughter] Hope was within the ICU for a couple of days and within the hospital for extra {that a} week,” she defined to viewers. “I’m so grateful she’s dwelling. She is again dwelling… and we’re watching her carefully.
“When your youngster is ailing, the quantity of gratitude you may have for individuals who helped you out,” she added, combating again tears. “I’m grateful to the docs and nurses, I’m grateful to my household and I’m grateful to buddies such as you [Savannah] who have been there each single day. I like you.” (Guthrie, who has been absent since final Wednesday after testing optimistic for COVID, additionally returned on Monday).
NEW: Hoda Kotb returns to TODAY after dealing with her daughter’s well being matter.
“I’m so grateful she’s dwelling,” Hoda stated. pic.twitter.com/z5f8herdyB
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Kotb had been conspicuously MIA from At present and At present with Hoda and Jenna since Friday, Feb. 17. (Kotb was current for the Feb. 20 Presidents’ Day episode of At present with Hoda and Jenna, however that episode was pre-taped on Feb. 17.) NBC relied on substitute co-hosts — together with At present third Hour‘s Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones, NBC Information Now‘s Tom Llamas and Sunday At present‘s Willie Geist — to fill the void.
Final week, Melvin defined on air that Kotb was taking a while off on account of “a household well being matter that she’s been coping with.”
Kotb’s cryptic social media exercise throughout her At present absence solely compounded issues that one thing was amiss. On Feb. 27, she shared a graphic on Instagram that learn, “Select hope.” A day earlier, she wished her 2.2 million followers a “Joyful Sunday,” alongside a graphic that learn, “Generally miracles are simply folks with sort hearts.”
