Hoda Kotb Celebrates Leisurely School Drop Off with Daughters Hope and Haley After LeavingToday: 'Cheers'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hoda Kotb with daughters Hope (right) and Haley (left).Photo:Hoda Kotb/Instagram

Hoda Kotb/Instagram

Hoda Kotbis enjoying her first few days at home with her girls.

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the journalist, 60, shared a few photoson her Instagramas she dropped her daughters Hope, 5, and Haley, 7, off at school. Kotb, wholeftTodayas a co-anchoron Friday, Jan. 10, looked giddy as she posed for selfies with her daughters and recorded a video of them walking into school.

“Bye!” Hope can be heard saying.

“I love you!” Kotb says, holding up her coffee mug to the camera. “Cheers.”

“School drop!!! Let’s goooo!” Kotb wrote in her caption.

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On Friday, Kotb’s daughtersjoined their mom for a special surpriseas the journalist rounded out her lastTodaybroadcast.

As she listened to the song, Kotb got emotional, mouthing, “Oh my God.” At the end, all theTodayanchors joined in to help sing the iconic tune.

This past Christmas, Kotbshared a series of photos on Instagram, offering a glimpse of her holiday celebrations with her two daughters, as well as exJoel Schiffman, in hernew housein New York’s Westchester County.

In the first photo, Kotb got a sweet kiss on the cheek from Haley in front of the Christmas tree as she snapped a selfie with both of her girls. She also included a photo of her mom and sister, wearing matching pajamas with her daughters.

A third photo showed Kotb and Schiffman with their two daughters, posing together in the living room. “Merry Christmas🎄🎄,” Kotb wrote in her caption.

source: people.com