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Hoda Kotbis thankful for her girls this Thanksgiving.
TheTodayco-host spent the holiday with daughtersHope, 3, andHaley, 5, and even more family after completing herMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade hosting dutiesthat morning.
Sharing the Thanksgiving table spread and a selfie with everyone celebrating, Kotb wrote, “Super yummy Thanksgiving Day dinner courtesy of my sister-in-law colleen! Thankful for family ❤️.”
While the adults — which included Kotb’s siblings — gathered at one table, Hope and Haley smiled from a smaller kid’s table right behind them.
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The NBC News family is sending their love to colleague Richard Engel, who announced thedeath of his 6-year-old sonHenry on Thursday.
During Friday morning’s episode ofToday, co-anchorsHoda Kotb, Tom Llamas and Sheinelle Jones spoke about the “heartbreaking” news of Henry’s death and looked back on the little boy’s battle with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic neurological disorder.
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Engel, 48, shared the news of Henry’s death onTwitterThursday.
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Hoda Kotb and daughters.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty; Hoda Kotb/Instagram
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty; Hoda Kotb/Instagram
Hoda Kotbis proud of her two girls!On Tuesday, Sept. 4, theTodayshow host, 60, shared a sweet photo of her two daughters —Haley, 7, and Hope, 4— celebrating a milestone moment in their lives.“First day of school in the books ❤️❤️,” the news anchor captioned anInstagram carousel.For the first photo, Kotb stood beaming with a huge smile on her face as her little ones stood beside her in similar denim jumper dresses with their backpacks on.
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Hoda Kotb talks to Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Tonight Show’.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Hoda Kotbis opening up about her surpriseTodayshowexit.
Appearing onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Monday, Oct. 7, the 60-year-old shared that her decision came about after she hit hermilestone birthdayover the summer.
“When I turned 60, something weird happened, man,” she continued. “I turned 60 and we had this beautiful party at theTodayshow and I looked out at the sea of all the people who came and beautiful signs and so many well wishes and I knew in my heart like, this is it, man.
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Hoda Kotb.Photo:Andrew Eccles/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Andrew Eccles/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
There may be more kids inHoda Kotb’s future.
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She goes on to share a lesson someone once told her, “If you have the love, the space, the time and you can take care of a child who needs it, who might otherwise have a life that is, you know, not great, Why wouldn’t you?