Hoda Kotb made a big splash in less than six months after co-hosting NBC with full-time performances last Wednesday today Performance, when she appears in two highly-anticipated guests today And launched her new health platform, Joy 101, all revealing her daughter Hope's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
KOTB had previously preserved Hope's specific illness, only told the audience after two weeks of absence to cope with the early symptoms of her condition, as she had been doing her "family health."
But in an interview related to Wednesday's launch of "Happy 101", Cote revealed that Hope's situation helped her decide to withdraw from the NBC Morning Show.
Talk to it Hollywood Reporter Celebrating Joy 101 launch at a red carpet event in New York, Kotb joins with her ex to join in today Colleagues, fellow NBCuniversal Andy Cohen, Lucy Liu, Rachel Platten and CBS Morning Host (and Kotb looks like) Gayle King, Kotb explains why it’s time to open up hope.
In fact, Hope's own cold attitude inspired her to share the truth.
"There was a (continuous glucose monitor) on her arm and people kept asking me personally," Kotb recalls. "And I didn't want her to be defined by it, so I didn't want to take it as a thing."
But one day, Kotb recalled that a girl asked what she wanted on her arm: "(Hope), 'I just said that was my diabetes. So what?" I thought, that's it. ”
As for Joy 101, Kotb explains why she chose health as her next big adventure.
"I started trying to try like breathing and meditation, nothing actually changed me, I didn't know it could actually do it. I guess if I exercise and eat correctly, that would be enough," Kotb said. "but(today Co-host) Jenna Bush Hager introduced me to breathing. She was the one who told me to try. …I thought if I could learn how to do this, it gave me clarity and energy, and Jenna went differently, so I started doing it and then Maria Shriver told me something to try. Then, I became never ending, for example, “What’s the next thing? What’s next? And now, I find myself on this unfinished journey of health. Because why not necessarily be a little better.”
todaySavannah Guthrie, who spent years on NBC morning show, confirmed her former co-host’s dedication to the space.
"She's been doing it for a long time - not only the app, but she's been working on and doing this trip," Gusri said. "I remembered this a few years ago, and she had this transformation and she became a real seeker. Still, she wanted to do it, even though by anyone's standards, she was in the heap. She had it all. She had it all. She had it all over the years, and over the years, she had collected and trained all these different ways of growing up and now could bring us a live job. (Hey, I went to this acupuncturist, which is amazing, you have to go. Hey, I went to this retreat and it changed everything, and I really think you want to go.") Now everyone has access to Hoda's advice. ”
"This is written by Hoda," added KOTB's former colleague Dylan Dreyer.
"Hoda offers the best for everyone around her. She wants to share. She wants to fill in the best new things she does, whether it's breathing or acupuncture," Dreyer said. "So she gathers the best things she thinks to help her in her life. She wants to share that, so that's exactly how she shares it with everyone else."
KOTB's guest appearance in the first two hours today She was reunited with her former colleagues on Wednesday.
"She's so happy. She's our sunshine. We just love to get her back," Guthrie said. "I just met her a few weeks ago and we all kept a very close attitude. But it was fun to have her on the show, and it was fun to have people meet her in the square, and we were proud of her, it was like she was. It's like going home again."
While with Guthrie and Kotb's successor, Kotb was asked about rumors that she could replace Kelly Clarkson as the host of the latter's eponymous daytime talk show.
She knocked down these, but said if she wanted to go back to the TV, it would be today exhibit.
So, one day, will KOTB return to the full-time small screen one day? "Never say, never say, never say," she said.
"Because life is like this," she added. "I will never say it will never say it is the greatest job in the world, but for now, I am in my happy place."
Although the first two hours today The fourth hour of the fourth hour todaynow known as Jenna and friendsas Bush Hager has been working with a bunch of spinning guest hosts, it is still empty.
One of the guest hosts is already, which will last for two days this week, for a long time today Showcase co-host Savannah Guthrie.
Guthrie and Bush Hager are good friends on the camera, and they are both open to their close ties. Guthrie will follow her ex too today Colleague KOTB and study dual tasks full-time in the morning? whether.
"Oh my goodness, I'll sit with her any day of the week, but I don't think it's really in the card." thr Join Bush Hager full time. "I mean I have my job. Anyone (Bush Hager) sitting next to me is the luckiest person, it's nice to be with her and we'll explode, but I don't think it's in the card. I think she'll find the perfect person, but at the same time, I'm glad to be the right person. Jenna and friends Friends are at any time. ”