The Today show’s Savannah Guthrie may be paid to talk, but today she proved herself to be equally good at keeping secrets. Guthrie rose to the challenge of helping her co-anchor Hoda Kotb reveal the happy news that Kotb has adopted her second child, Hope Catherine Kotb, to the complete surprise of their Today co-workers, and of course to millions of viewers at home.
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In the fourth hour of today’s show, Guthrie, vague as can be, introduced their next segment as an exclusive story that “you’re gonna want to hear—it’s someone on the phone right now. Hoda, are you there? Do you have something to tell us?”
The new mom of two answered, “Yes, I do—it’s a girl!”
Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager immediately began to cry as Kotb gushed about the news. “I can’t believe it—man, I’m so happy!”
Al Roker and Willie Geist shared the joy—and the Kleenex—with their co-workers, making a note of Guthrie’s remarkable stealth: “Man, you can keep a secret!” The Today crew couldn’t be happier for Kotb, who’s been very open about her adoption journey with her first daughter in 2017.
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Hope Catherine joins big sister Haley Joy, now 2 years old, whom Kotb adopted after a battle with breast cancer left her unable to conceive. Kotb reports that Haley has happily taken to her new role as big sis, marching around saying, “I’m a big sister!” and even trying to feed her own breakfast to her newborn sister.
Kotb didn’t hold back the tears when her Today co-workers asked how she’s feeling: “You think that you’re full. That’s exactly how I felt with Haley and Joel and everything. Joel and I were standing there when they hand you the baby, and it’s the closest thing to a live birth you’ll ever see. In that moment I was like, ‘Oh my god, my heart just grew!'”
We think our hearts just grew too!
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