Hoda Kotb Returns to ‘Today’ Show, Shares the Scary Reason for 2-Week Absence

Click here to read the full article.

After being absent from the “Today” show since mid-February, host Hoda Kotb returned to the show Monday.

At the start of the show, she explained that her 3-year-old daughter, whose adoption Kotb had announced on the show in 2019, had taken ill.

“My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week. 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. I’m just so happy,” Kotb said.

“And 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,” she said.

“So, I’m grateful for the doctors at Weill Cornell, who were amazing, and the nurses. And I’m grateful to my family, and I’m grateful to friends like you who were there every single day,” Kotb said. “So, I want to say thank you for that. I love you.”

Kotb had last appeared on the show on Feb. 17. No mention of her absence was made on the show until Wednesday, when the show said Kotb was dealing with a “family health matter.”

Continue reading here.

Scroll down for comments and share your thoughts!