Hoda Kotb Enjoys Family Dinner on Thanksgiving with Daughters Hope and Haley at the Kids' Table

Mar. 15, 2025

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Hoda Kotbis thankful for her girls this Thanksgiving.

TheTodayco-host spent the holiday with daughtersHope, 3, andHaley, 5, and even more family after completing herMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade hosting dutiesthat morning.

Sharing the Thanksgiving table spread and a selfie with everyone celebrating, Kotb wrote, “Super yummy Thanksgiving Day dinner courtesy of my sister-in-law colleen! Thankful for family ❤️.”

While the adults — which included Kotb’s siblings — gathered at one table, Hope and Haley smiled from a smaller kid’s table right behind them.

Kotb co-parents her daughters with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman.

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Kotb recently opened up about life with her two daughters for PEOPLE’s Family Issue.

For the journalist,building her life around her childrenhas brought a greater joy than she could have imagined.

“Family to me is everything— and having one of my own is something I never thought I’d have,” said Kotb, who first became a mother through adoption in 2017 at age 52 after a breast cancer battle and a subsequent divorce left her assuming motherhood wasn’t in the cards.

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“I always imagined family as my mom, my dad, my brother, my sister,” she explained. “I envisioned it that way until I was 50. Imagine someone saying, ‘Hey, guess what? You’re actually going to have a wholeotherfamily.’ It still surprises me! It delights me to know that I have Haley and Hope.”

“It’s definitely in the universe for me,” she shared. “I feel like whatever is meant to be is meant to be. But I know a few things. I have love and time, and we have an open space. Every time I see a child who needs something or read about a child, my heart’s breaking. I’m like, I know if we could invite them into our home just what it would mean. Not just for the child, but for us.”

source: people.com