Hoda Kotb on NBC’s ‘At the moment’ TV Present, January 2023. RW/MediaPunch/Shutterstock
Again on the air — kind of. Hoda Kotb made a pre-taped look throughout the Friday, March 3, episode of At the moment amid her continued absence from the stay present.
The journalist, 58, helmed a prerecorded section that includes interviews with the late Olivia Newton-John‘s husband, John Easterling, and her daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, whom the Xanadu actress shared with ex Matt Lattanzi. Earlier than the clip aired, anchor Sheinelle Jones famous that Kotb “lately” spoke to the Grease star’s household.
When the episode started, Jones, 44, and coanchor Craig Melvin informed viewers that Kotb and Savannah Guthrie had been each “out” for the day. Guthrie, 51, left At the moment early on Tuesday, February 28, after testing optimistic for COVID-19.
Melvin, 43, later assured followers that each Guthrie and Kotb will “be again with us quickly.”
Earlier than Friday’s section, Kotb hadn’t appeared on the present since February 20 when she featured in a pre-taped section with cohost Jenna Bush Hager. Through the Monday, February 27, episode, Guthrie informed viewers that her colleague was merely “off right now.”
Two days later, Melvin confirmed that the Oklahoma native was away from the present coping with a private concern.
“We talked about that Savannah and Hoda are each off. Savannah, she’s dwelling after a optimistic COVID check yesterday. We’re wishing our good friend a speedy restoration,” the NBC reporter defined on Wednesday, March 1. “And as for Hoda, we all know a number of you’ve gotten been questioning how she’s doing. We will inform you that Hoda’s OK. She’s obtained a household well being matter that she’s been coping with, so we look ahead to seeing Hoda and Savannah again on the desk actual, actual quickly.”
Hoda Kotb attends the Citymeals on Wheels’ thirty fifth Annual Energy Lunch, November 2022. Jennifer Katzman/Shutterstock
At the moment present weatherman Al Roker added: “We love you each.”
Later within the episode, Bush Hager, 41, gave followers an analogous replace on Kotb’s whereabouts. “Willie [Geist] is in for Hoda,” the Sisters First coauthor defined. “And we simply wish to allow you to all know that we heard you, and Hoda is OK. She’s simply obtained a household well being matter that she’s been coping with.”
The Texas native added that she and her At the moment colleagues are hopeful that the kids’s e-book creator shall be again on the air within the close to future. “We like her, we’re sending our like to her, and he or she’s going to be again, proper right here, very, very quickly,” Bush Hager informed viewers.
Geist, 47, added: “Can’t wait to see her again right here. We love you very a lot, Hoda.”
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Kotb, for her half, has not publicly commented on her absence from At the moment, merely sharing a cryptic Instagram submit on Monday that learn, “Select Hope.”
