'Today' host Hoda Kotb choked up while talking about how her late father would have interacted with her kids on what would have been his 91st birthday
The Wednesday, May 29, episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna was a bittersweet one for cohost Hoda Kotb.
Hoda noted that she was thinking of her father, Abdel Kader Kotb, while getting ready for the day that morning. “I wrote down how old he would have been today. I was doing math,” she shared. “He would have been 91 today. Isn’t that crazy when you think about ?” In addition to reminiscing on her father’s passing, Hoda began to choke up when she brought her daughters — Haley, 7, and Hope, 4 — into the discussion. “I was actually thinking about him with the girls,” she stated, to which Bush Hager said Hoda’s father would be “so, so proud” of her and her girls.
Koda previously explained that her dad’s passing helped her overcome insecurities about being an older mom during a December 2023 episode of Hoda & Jenna. “I am so happy and fulfilled with my decision that I don't feel any ounce of shame or ‘ouch.’ Because my dad died when I was in college. You get your parent for as long as you get your parent, and they lay a foundation that you cannot shake,’” she tearfully shared at the time.
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