Hoda Kotb Returns to Today After Daughter Hope Leaves Hospital

Hoda Kotb is back in her Today chair with a household upgrade.

The cherished co-anchor returned to the early morning program on March 6 after a weeks-long absence and shared that her daughter Hope Catherine, 3, is recuperating from a health matter.

“My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week,” Hoda told co-host Savannah Guthrie—who was likewise returning to Today after a positive COVID test last week—throughout the opening of the program. “I’m so grateful she’s home.”

“I was waiting for that day to come,” Hoda, who is likewise mommy to 6-year-old daughter Haley Joy, included. “And we are watching her closely. I’m just so happy.”

The 58-year-old likewise kept in mind that she so values the profusion of love and assistance she’s gotten over the previous couple of weeks.

“You know what I realized too, Savannah?” she stated. “When your child is ill, the amount of gratitude you can have for people who helped you out. So, I’m grateful for the doctors at Weill Cornell, who were amazing and the nurses.”