Both Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were back in their Today anchor chairs Monday.
Kotb said Monday that her young daughter, Hope, was ill.
Kotb did not elaborate on Hope's diagnosis. The 3-year-old is one of two girls Kotb adopted with her then-partner, Joel Schiffman, in 2019. Hope followed Haley, now 5, in 2017. The former couple ended their engagement in 2022, but Schiffman continues to co-parent.
"My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week," Kotb told viewers at the beginning of the broadcast. "I'm so grateful she's home. She is back home. I was waiting for that day to come.And we are watching her closely. I'm just so happy."
Kotb also thanked Guthrie for her support during Hope's hospitalization and the doctors who were involved in her treatment."You know what I realized, too, Savannah? When your child is ill, the amount of gratitude you can have for people who helped you out," Kotb told her.
She added, "I'm grateful for the doctors at Weill Cornell who were amazing and the nurses. And I'm grateful to my family, and I'm grateful to friends like you who were there every single day. So, I want to say thank you for that. I love you."
"As for Hoda, we know some of you are wondering how she's doing," he said. "We can tell you, Hoda's OK. She's got a family health matter she's been dealing with."
