Hoda, the TODAY Show host, was unable to contain her emotions live on television.
After he had told her that she was his inspiration, she hugged him and they shared a kiss.
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All co-hosts stood outside for a segment of Wednesday’s show.
Craig Melvin made a great impression on the crowd when he sought out a fan from the audience.
“I’m looking for Nolan. Nolan. Nolan. There’s Nolan. How are you sir?”He asked the fan.
“Doing great. How are you?”Nolan smiled big and asked.
“I’m doing good,”Craig said. “You’re a student I hear.”
“I am. I go to Baylor University,” Nolan confirmed.
“What year are you?”The co-host was curious.
“I’m a junior at Baylor and I’m studying journalism,”The college student spoke proudly.
The majority of people read Entertainment.
“You’re studying journalism?”The TODAY Show cohost was curious.
Craig continued and Nolan nodded. “I hear one of the reasons you’re studying journalism is because of someone on here. Is that right?”
“Yes sir. I wrote into Hoda and Hoda inspired me to become a journalist and that’s why I’m pursuing my career,”Nolan explained to him.
EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE
Hoda was already trying to hold back her tears when the camera snapped to Hoda’s face as soon as he said the words.
As she moved towards the audience member, her co-hosts were shocked.
“You wrote her ten years ago right?” Craig asked.
“I did,” Nolan confirmed. “You were gracious enough to write back and I was like ‘Oh my God. Hoda wrote back.'”
Hoda moved her hair from her face while she cried.
“She always writes back,” Craig mentioned.
“Yeah. I was so happy. I was like ‘Hoda, my favorite, so,”Nolan stated.
Hoda was extremely emotional and reached out to give him a hug.
She retorted, saying: “I think we need to pull up one extra chair at the table.”
Her co-hosts all agreed with her: “We’ll keep our eye on you, ok?”
“What a sweet kid. Oh, thank you,”Hoda said this as she returned to her co-hosts.
SO INSPIRING
Twitter users shared their admiration for her and the sweet moment in the video’s comments.
Nolan, the man who experienced that memorable moment on-air, wrote: “Thanks for the amazing experience @TODAYshow. It was a true honor to meet @hodakotb.”
“Hoda always writes back,”One fan wrote.
The third was: “Way to go @hodakotb you inspired a huge supporter of you!”
“I am crying too. I would love to know what Ms. Kotb wrote. Ms. Kotb is perfect. Responds to all correspondences. She does everything right. Once I wrote Matt [Lauer] but he never wrote me back,”Another.
“So inspiring to be inspiring!”One Twitter user wrote it.
Another TODAY Show viewer tweeted: “This is beautiful. Hoda is always inspiring. This is beautiful.”
One last fan wrote this: “Hoda Kotb an icon, and a Leader to so many.”
ON-AIR TENSION
This sweet moment happens just days after Savannah Guthrie’s reports. It is not possible to get along.
A source close to production on the Today Show exclusively told Central Recorder that despite their sunny dispositions towards each other on-screen, behind the scenes the woman secretly “can’t stand each other.”
“Savannah is the boss. After Matt Lauer was ousted, Savannah grabbed power, and she really wanted Willy Geist in Hoda’s role, but his ratings were just not up to par for the network.”
“Hoda out maneuvered Savannah and got the spot.”
The source also stated that Savannah was available for hire. “thinks of herself as a real news person,”Hoda can be described as “the lightweight that drank wine with Kathy Lee Gifford.”
“Savannah was the White House correspondent before getting the host job, which also explains her love for Jenna since her father was president.”
Jenna Bush Hager’s father was George W. Bush.
Jenna is Hoda’s co-host but an insider claimed that she plays both the men and the women.
Savannah and Jenna are best friends and ice Hoda out.
“Jenna got the best job in TV, even though she had no experience. Jenna is the best at working people.
“She’s a master at playing the game,”The insider was also included.
LIVING IN FEAR
Hoda just revealed that Good HousekeepingSavannah has made it so she is constantly in fear of being fired.
She admitted that she worried about keeping her composure following a commercial break as her co-host reportedly has her in hysterics.
The 57-year-old told the publication: “I live in fear of being fired in a moment because she’s like ‘Hoda, zip it’They [the producers]These are similar ‘Three, two one’, and she’s calm!”
Savannah feels like Savannah to her, according to the TODAY Show host “secretly, nasty funny”.
Hoda also revealed her co-star as “crystal clear”She asks her questions regarding parenting.
The pair have been co-hosting the NBC morning show since 2017.
Every morning at 7 o’clock on NBC, The TODAY Show airs.
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