You know what! Hoda Kotb just spilled the tea.
Yeah, but wait, it is not the gossip she revealed, but she accidentally spilled the tea/coffee. We all have unintentionally spilled our cup of coffee or tea in the morning. Perhaps more frequently than we’d like to confess. If you connect with this, you will know exactly how Hoda Kotb felt.
On live air, the journalist had this incredibly relatable accident, as witnessed by viewers of the Today show. She handled the situation, though, like the seasoned veteran that she is, and soon moved on.
On Tuesday, October 3rd, during the morning broadcast, the seasoned anchor unintentionally bumped her tea mug, causing some of the liquid to spill across the news desk.
Hoda instantly apologized after the incident, saying, “Sorry, sorry!” Savannah Guthrie, her co-host, made the joking remark as she sat next to her, “We need a cleanup in aisle one!” Then, with a smile, Hoda said, “Can I just mention, this mug is enormous—it’s really big.”
Hoda gracefully managed the mishap
Craig Melvin, the third co-host, who was seated on the other side of the table, got up from his chair and used his gentlemanly behavior to assist Hoda in cleaning up the liquid spill.
Hoda, who has worked in journalism for decades and first joined NBC News in 1998 as a Dateline journalist, swiftly put the incident behind her. With her years of experience, she quickly recovered and introduced the following item on the agenda.
Guthrie, who collaborates with Kotb on a professional level as well as personally, expressed her feelings about co-hosting the morning show last year. She expressed her appreciation for their regular working relationship and the pleasure of having a job that she actually enjoyed.
She also stated the value of working with a reliable buddy and expressed her gratitude for the chance to face each morning together. She was astounded that their ideal union had come to pass.
Who is Hoda Kotb?
American broadcast journalist, TV host, and author Hoda Kotb. She co-hosts the fourth hour of the entertainment-focused Today show on NBC News, where she serves as a principal co-anchor. Kotb has previously served as a correspondent for the NBC television news magazine program Dateline.
In Norman, Oklahoma, Hoda Kotb was born to Egyptian Muslims. She grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, and Morgantown, West Virginia. She resided in New Orleans in the 1990s. Additionally, Kotb’s family spent time in Egypt and Nigeria.
She has a sister named Hala and an older brother named Adel. Her father, Abdel Kader Kotb, was an expert in fossil energy and listed in the Who’s Who of Technology. Her mother, Sameha (also known as “Sami”), worked at the Library of Congress. Her father tragically died in 1985 at the age of 52.
Hoda Kotb’s first on-air role following graduation was at the then-CBS station WXVT in Greenville, Mississippi. After that, from 1988 to 1989, she worked as a reporter for the Illinois ABC affiliate WQAD in Moline.
From 1989 until 1991, Kotb worked as a reporter and weekend anchor for the CBS station WINK in Fort Myers, Florida. Her next step was to join the CBS affiliate WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she worked from 1992 until 1998 as an anchor and reporter.
Kotb was invited to appear in Martina McBride’s music video for “I’m Gonna Love You Through It,” a moving song devoted to cancer survivors, in 2011.
Hoda Kotb, the author
Hoda Kotb released her autobiography in October 2010 under the title “Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee,” which quickly rose to New York Times bestseller status. On January 15, 2013, she published her second book, “Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives.”
She recounts the experiences of six people in this book and then looks back on their lives ten years later to see how they have changed.
In 2016, Kotb published her third book, “Where They Belong: The Best Decisions People Almost Never Made,” which tells the tales of people who stumbled into unforeseen circumstances or life-changing occasions.
She published her sixth book, “I Really Needed This Today,” in October 2019. It has 365 sayings, quotes, and experiences that are aimed to encourage and uplift readers.
Additionally, Kotb has dabbled in children’s literature, releasing “I’ve Loved You Since Forever,” her debut picture book, in 2018.
Even Kelly Clarkson created a lullaby based on this book. “You Are My Happy,” her second children’s book, which honors the many reasons to be grateful in life, was published in March 2019.
