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Hoda Kotbbrought two special guests with her while on location in New Orleans!
During Thursday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, Kotb shared that her two daughters Hope, 2, andHaley, 4, joined their mom for the trip down south and invited the girls to come on camera to say hello.
“I brought my daughters, you want to come say hi?” she asks the toddlers as someone behind the camera ushers them over to their mom.
“I got two little ones. I just want to say, these two girls are gonna fall in love with the city just as I have over the years. So thank y’all for welcoming them,” Kotb says while holding one daughter in each arm.
“It really is awesome to bring your kids here. They’re overwhelmed. This is such an incredible place and an incredible city,” she adds. “It’s really cool.”
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After sending her daughters back off-screen, Kotb sits down with co-hostJenna Bush Hager, who is emotional from watching the sweet family moment.
“Y’all know when y’all have a friend that’s doing exactly what she should be doing and you’re watching it? That’s what I was watching and it was beautiful. It’s just so fun to see you here with your girls,” says Bush Hager.
“Got home just in time to see@hodakotbon remote in#neworleanslive on@hodaandjennabe#everyparentwho brings their kids on a#worktripYou love having ‘em but there are moments…” he writes.
Kotb, 57, shares her daughters with ex-fiancéJoel Schiffman. The former couple welcomed both of their daughters via adoption: Haley in 2017 and Hope in 2019.
On an episode ofTODAY with Hoda & Jennain January, Kotb announced that she and her longtime boyfriend Schiffman would be going theirseparate waysaftergetting engaged in November 2019.
source: people.com
