Al Roker's 3 Kids: All About Courtney, Leila and Nick

Mar. 15, 2025

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ForAl Roker, family is everything.

“I tend to put my dad a bit on a pedestal. He had his faults and all of his issues, but one of the things I always remember, and I try to do, is thathe really was my greatest advocate,” Roker told PEOPLE.

With his kids all grown up, Roker has plenty to be proud of: Courtney welcomed a daughter in 2023; Nick began his college career in 2022; and his second daughter, Leila, is carving out a media career of her own.

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Here’s everything to know about Roker’s three kids, Courtney, Leila and Nick.

Courtney Roker, 37

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Roker shared his daughter, Courtney Melissa Roker, with his late ex-wife Bell, whom he was married to from 1984 to 1994. Courtney was born in May 1987.

She currently works as a test kitchen manager and recipe developer for kitchen appliance brands Chefman and CHEF iQ. Courtney often posts photos of her creations onInstagramand is a self-proclaimed “sushi lover.”

“He texted me to say, ‘Can we get together? There is something I want to talk to you about,’ " Roker recalled on theTodayshow, adding that he had an “inkling” about what Laga wanted to ask him. “We went to a local restaurant in our neighborhood that we’ve enjoyed, The Simone, and our friend Tina Vaughn — who is the owner there — gave us a corner table for some privacy. And he asked for my permission there.”

Roker continued, “I told her fiancé, it’s a lot of work. But anything worthwhile is.”

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Courtney and Laga wedon June 4, 2021, at The Ashford Estate in New Jersey. Younger sister Leila served as Courtney’s maid of honor and plenty ofRoker’sTodaycolleaguesalso attended the nuptials, including Kotb,Dylan Dreyer,Craig MelvinandSheinelle Jones.

In March 2023, the couple announced that they’reexpecting their first child.

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“It is magical, it really is,” said the proud grandpa. “The thing is, everyone tells you it’s going to be ‘this thing’ and you don’t know; it’s like when they tell you about having your first child. And then to hold this little girl, knowing almost 35 years ago I held her mom? And here she is, 5 lbs., 15 oz. 19 inches long and she’s just perfect.”

In February 2025, Courtney’s mother died at age 77.

“She was my mother, my heart, and the most loving grandmother to Sky,” she wrote onInstagramin honor of Bell. “I was with her for her last breath, and I will carry her love with me always.”

Leila Roker, 26

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Roker’s second child and first with Roberts, Leila Ruth Roker, was born on Nov. 17, 1998. She grew up in New York City and attended LaGuardia High School. Leila continued her education at the American University of Paris, studying journalism and fine arts before graduating in May 2021.

At just 26 years old, Leila, who now calls Paris home, has quite animpressive résumé. She is currently a freelance journalist forToday.

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“It took me a couple of days to try and process what I was feeling,” Leila recalled after learning of Floyd’s death in 2020. “I later decided to write about it, and to provide a millennial point of view because I think there’s a lot to say about the desensitization that’s afflicting our generation. … I wanted to let others know that it’s okay feel sad. It’s okay to say what’s happening is terrible because human lives are violently being taken. I wanted to put into words what some of my Black friends have been discussing to also try and express to my non-Black friends: this is how we’re feeling.”

She also shared this advice with PEOPLE: “You can no longer surround yourself with people who think things are okay right now. It’s more important than ever to hold people accountable if you want to see real change.”

In July 2024, Leilaserved as Roker’s Paris tour guidewhile he was in the City of Love for the Olympics. The father-daughter duo even filmed a “croissant crawl” for theTodayshow.

Leila is currentlyengaged to her longtime beau Sylvain Gricourt, whom she met in Paris. He proposed in March 2025 while the couple were on a “surprise trip to Venice.”

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Roker welcomed his third child, son Nicholas Roker, on July 18, 2002. Shortly after Nick’s birth, Roker and Roberts began to notice developmental delays, and according to theTodayanchor, Nick is “somewhere on the spectrum and maybe obsessive-compulsive.”

Over the years, Roker has been vocal about the difficulties of raising a child with special needs. “We knew right from the beginning that [Nick] would be up against awhole different set of challenges,” he toldGuidepostsmagazine in 2019. “The obstacles in this kid’s way were things that might have tripped up many others. Not Nick, not even with the disabilities he was born with.”

Roker added, “I can’t begin to take credit for who Nick is and who he might become. All sorts of specialists can tell you about limitations for this and that. Nick never got that message.”

“He’s very goal-oriented andhe’s a great kid,” Roker said of Nick in 2020. “As a lot of parents who have kids who have special needs [know], they can try your patience. Not that they mean to, or anything like that. I look at him and all that he does and I want to be a better person.”

He continued, “It feels really good, but my accomplishments haven’t all been about school. They have also been about perseverance here at St. James. …I have always felt loved and supported here.”

Unsurprisingly, Roker was every bit the beaming dad and said he “could not be prouder” of his son.

Nickbegan his freshman year of collegein August 2022. “Pride doesn’t even begin to describe this day Nick Roker. The journey continues,” wrote Roberts on the day Nick moved into his college dorm.

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In May 2024, Nick and Rokertreated Roberts to brunch and a concert on Mother’s Day. The trio dined at New York City’s Café Boulud before watching Kathleen Battle perform at The Metropolitan Opera.

source: people.com