Al Roker Misses First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade In 27 Years: ‘TODAY’ Hosts Send Love

TODAY weatherman Al Roker has go a staple for astir 3 decades astatine the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. For the archetypal clip successful 27 years, Al missed the yearly vacation lawsuit arsenic helium continues to retrieve from being hospitalized for humor clots.

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— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 24, 2022

His TODAY co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie sent their beloved person good wishes arsenic they reported unrecorded from the parade. “For the past 27 parades, astatine this moment, Savannah, we would crook to Al Roker, who is our TODAY Show workfellow and our champion pal,” Hoda said during the parade. “But arsenic a batch of you person heard, Al is recovering, and he’s recovering precise good from a caller aesculapian issue. We conscionable privation to say, we emotion you, Al. Wonder if you’re watching, but we privation you a afloat recovery.”

Savannah added, “We emotion you, Al. We’ll spot you adjacent year.” Al was initially announced arsenic a co-host of the parade with Hoda and Savannah. Meteorologist Dylan Dreyer filled successful for Al connected the sidelines astatine the 2022 parade.

A week earlier the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Al gave an update connected his wellness aft being missing from TODAY for 2 weeks. “So galore of you person been thoughtfully asking wherever I’ve been,” Al wrote connected Instagram. “Last week I was admitted to the infirmary with a humor clot successful my limb which sent immoderate clots into my lungs.”

Al Roker astatine the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Sachyn Mital/Shutterstock)

He continued, “After immoderate aesculapian whack-a-mole, I americium truthful fortunate to beryllium getting terrific aesculapian attraction and connected the mode to recovery. Thanks for each the good wishes and prayers and anticipation to spot you soon. Have a large weekend, everyone.”

Al has been dealing with wellness issues implicit the past mates of years. In 2020, the legendary weatherman revealed that helium had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He underwent country and was initially hesitant to stock his diagnosis publicly. However, helium yet decided to uncover what helium was going done to rise consciousness for prostate health.