Hoda Kotb.Photo:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
Hoda Kotbhad some extra support in the crowd when she joinedJimmy Fallonon theTonight Show.On Tuesday, Kotb, 59, and herTodayco-hostSavannah Guthrie, 52, talked with Fallon, 49, about their respective new books, with the mom of two sharing a sweet story about her daughter Haley’s class recentlyvisiting the NBC studio. Sharing a clip of Haley and a friend at Kotb’s desk, Fallon praises the 7-year-old’s news reading skills.“Are you kidding me? Come on,” Fallon says. “That’s the future of theTodayshow right there. I love it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“And they’re here tonight! Hope and Haley. Where are they?” the comedian asks, as the camera pans to show the two girls sitting in the audience.Hope, 4, wears a unicorn sweatshirt and sits next to her sister Haley, who giggles and waves back at Fallon. “Hi Haley, hi Hope!” Fallon says.Hoda Kotb daughters at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube"Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed,” Kotb replies.In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, Kotbopened up about writing her new bookHope Is a Rainbowfor daughter Hope.“The book was written initially because of who she is. I thought her goodness should be spread around,” said theTodayanchor, who had previously writtenI’ve Loved You Since Forever,which celebrates adoption, in honor of her older daughter Haley.Hope “is just intuitive and smart, and I’ve never seen someone who’s quite as generous,” Kotb said. “She’s the kid who gives away her last blueberry. If your toy is broken, she’ll give you her new one. She is that person.”When Kotb first settled on the name Hope, “it defined where I was in my life when I was looking for hope. You’re like, ‘Please let this happen,’ ” she recalled of her second adoption in 2019. “She was the hope that I’d been looking for and wanting. Sometimes you name a child, and then they become the name.”
Hoda Kotbhad some extra support in the crowd when she joinedJimmy Fallonon theTonight Show.
On Tuesday, Kotb, 59, and herTodayco-hostSavannah Guthrie, 52, talked with Fallon, 49, about their respective new books, with the mom of two sharing a sweet story about her daughter Haley’s class recentlyvisiting the NBC studio. Sharing a clip of Haley and a friend at Kotb’s desk, Fallon praises the 7-year-old’s news reading skills.
“Are you kidding me? Come on,” Fallon says. “That’s the future of theTodayshow right there. I love it.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“And they’re here tonight! Hope and Haley. Where are they?” the comedian asks, as the camera pans to show the two girls sitting in the audience.
Hope, 4, wears a unicorn sweatshirt and sits next to her sister Haley, who giggles and waves back at Fallon. “Hi Haley, hi Hope!” Fallon says.
Hoda Kotb daughters at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
“Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed,” Kotb replies.
In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, Kotbopened up about writing her new bookHope Is a Rainbowfor daughter Hope.
“The book was written initially because of who she is. I thought her goodness should be spread around,” said theTodayanchor, who had previously writtenI’ve Loved You Since Forever,which celebrates adoption, in honor of her older daughter Haley.
Hope “is just intuitive and smart, and I’ve never seen someone who’s quite as generous,” Kotb said. “She’s the kid who gives away her last blueberry. If your toy is broken, she’ll give you her new one. She is that person.”
When Kotb first settled on the name Hope, “it defined where I was in my life when I was looking for hope. You’re like, ‘Please let this happen,’ ” she recalled of her second adoption in 2019. “She was the hope that I’d been looking for and wanting. Sometimes you name a child, and then they become the name.”
source: people.com
