{"id":122643,"date":"2024-09-03T14:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/03\/hoda-kotb-extends-today-break-to-send-2-daughters-back-to-school\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T14:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T14:32:46","slug":"hoda-kotb-extends-today-break-to-send-2-daughters-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/03\/hoda-kotb-extends-today-break-to-send-2-daughters-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb Extends Today Break to Send 2 Daughters Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"142.40231309376\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/hoda-kotb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong><\/a> continued her break from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> show to help her daughters kick off the school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabor Day weekend was wonderful. Hoda\u2019s off,\u201d <strong>Savannah Guthrie<\/strong> stated during the second hour of <em>Today<\/em> on Tuesday, September 3. \u201cShe\u2019s extending a little bit \u2019cause it\u2019s the first day of school for her girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kotb \u2014 who shares daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, with her ex-fianc\u00e9 <strong>Joel Schiffman<\/strong> \u2014 was absent from the NBC morning show last week but appeared on prerecorded episodes of <em>Today With Hoda &amp; Jenna<\/em>. (<strong>Sheinelle Jones<\/strong> stepped in for Kotb, 60, on Tuesday\u2019s <em>Hoda &amp; Jenna<\/em> with cohost <strong>Jenna Bush Hager<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>Guthrie, 52, also took a break from <em>Today<\/em> last week to spend time with her kids before they started school.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.560606060606\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/hoda-kotbs-family-album-with-daughters-and-loved-ones-pics\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/hoda-kotbs-family-album-with-daughters-and-loved-ones-pics\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Hoda Kotb&#8217;s Family Album With Daughters and Loved Ones: Pics<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHoda Kotb has often gushed about how her loved ones have defined her life \u2014 especially her daughters, Haley and Hope. The Today anchor became a mother when she adopted her little ones in 2017 and 2019, respectively, with her then-partner, Joel Schiffman. The former couple got engaged after six years of dating in 2019 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBack to school,\u201d Guthrie captioned an Instagram Story screenshot of her early alarm on Monday, September 2. (The anchor shares daughter Vale, 10, and son Charley, 7, with her husband, <strong>Michael Feldman<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/today-show-hosts-families-hoda-kotb-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kotb and Guthrie\u2019s kids<\/a> were the latest of the <em>Today<\/em> hosts\u2019 to head back to school. \u201cAnd just like that. These two make me so happy and proud,\u201d <strong>Craig Melvin<\/strong> captioned an August 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_NX7u8pnTO\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram pic <\/a>of his and his wife <strong>Lindsay Czarniak<\/strong>\u2019s son, Delano, 10, and daughter, Sybil, 7, on their first day of school. \u201cJust wish it would all slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3702391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Hoda Kotb Extends Her Today Absence to Send Daughters Haley and Hope Back to School\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-02.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Hoda Kotb\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dylan Dreyer<\/strong>, meanwhile, took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_ZQv6sxQqj\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Sunday, September 1, to show off her kids\u2019 school-ready haircuts. \u201cI always love the before and after hair \u2026 summer mops to back to school ready!!\u201d she captioned adorable snaps of sons Cal, 7, Oliver, 4, and Rusty, 2, whom she shares with her husband, <strong>Brian Fichera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <strong>Al Roker<\/strong> and his wife, <strong>Deborah Roberts<\/strong>, helped their son, Nick, 22, put together his dorm room. \u201cDropped Nick off this afternoon. Hard to believe we have a college junior!! House is a little too quiet,\u201d the meteorologist, 70, captioned an August 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_E4dpMuBlY\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram slideshow<\/a>. (Roker shares eldest daughter Courtney, 37, with ex-wife <strong>Alice Bell<\/strong> and daughter Leila, 25, with Roberts, 63.)<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the new school year, Kotb\u2019s daughters were by her side as she celebrated her milestone 60th birthday. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/hoda-kotb-kicks-off-60th-birthday-celebrations-with-her-2-daughters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great bday morning<\/a>!! Lucky me xoxoxo,\u201d she wrote alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-cwhJPOjie\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram snaps<\/a> from her birthday festivities on August 9. Kotb revealed in a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-fW3j8Ossz\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a> that Schiffman, 66, was among more family and friends who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/hoda-kotb-celebrates-birthday-with-ex-fiance-joel-schiffman-daughters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attended her at-home birthday party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Haley and Hope were in attendance at Kotb\u2019s 60th birthday bash on the August 12 episode of <em>Today<\/em>, during which <strong>Sandra Bullock<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/sandra-bullock-inspired-todays-hoda-kotb-to-be-a-mom-adopt-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surprised the TV personality<\/a> with an inspiring message about being an older mom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3702392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Hoda Kotb Extends Her Today Absence to Send Daughters Haley and Hope Back to School\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda-kotb-skips-today-for-daughters-1st-day-of-school-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Hoda Kotb\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019m] tired because I had to make my way up that mountain before you got there so I could check out the terrain and see what things look like and, you know, just get the feel so I could fill you in,\u201d said Bullock, who was in her 40s and 50s when she adopted her kids, Louis and Laila. \u201cAnd it\u2019s weird because people seem to want us to be afraid of what it might look like when we get there. It turns out, it\u2019s pretty damn great. It\u2019s pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After tearing up during the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HodaAndJenna\/status\/1823001031321567378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video message<\/a>, Kotb revealed that she looked to Bullock, 60, for inspiration on her motherhood journey. \u201cThe reason that I have Haley and Hope is because when I was looking for inspiration of somebody who was a mom at my age, Sandra Bullock popped up and I called her and I said, \u2018Tell me about motherhood.\u2019 And she said, \u2018It is the best decision I ever made,\u2019\u201d Kotb shared. \u201cAnd from that moment forward, she led the way to these two girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/hoda-kotb-extends-today-break-to-send-2-daughters-back-to-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoda Kotb continued her break from the Today show to help her daughters kick off the school year. \u201cLabor Day weekend was wonderful. Hoda\u2019s off,\u201d Savannah Guthrie stated during the second hour of Today on Tuesday, September 3. \u201cShe\u2019s extending a little bit \u2019cause it\u2019s the first day of school for her girls.\u201d Kotb \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-122643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}