Speculation has been rampant for months about the return — or lack thereof — of Hoda Kotb to NBC’s “Today.”
The journalist adopted her second daughter, Hope, in April.
She announced on the show this morning that she will indeed be back to Rockefeller Center — on Sept. 3.
During the call to Studio 1A, Kotb said, “There hasn’t been a second that I haven’t loved (with the kids). I loved it all. But the other big realization I had on this maternity leave is how much I love you guys.”
She also took to Instagram with the news.
View this post on InstagramHiiiiii!!! So excited to come back! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ A post shared by Hoda Kotb (@hodakotb) on Aug 20, 2019 at 5:00am PDT
The Hoda Show returns! LIVE Monday September 9th @ 1p ET pic.twitter.com/WqLQzIf75m
— TODAY Show Radio 108 (@TodaySXM) August 20, 2019
There’s snark, too, of course … it is the internet.
After all this time I thought #HodaKotb had quit #TodayShow. She had a really lonnnggggg baby leave.— CotonClone (@snowcoton) August 20, 2019
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