Hoda Kotb Shares Cryptic Message About ‘Hope’ Amid Mysterious ‘Today’ Show Absence

Longtime TODAY show host Hoda Kotb, 58, has immoderate acrophobic fans arsenic she’s present been disconnected the aerial for astir 1 week. Amid her lack connected Feb. 27, she took to Instagram to stock a message astir “hope” and captioned it with 2 bosom emojis. “Choose Hope”, the coating work amid a backdrop of a sunset sky. On Monday, the mom-of-two was temporarily replaced by Sheinelle Jones, 44, alongside Jenna Bush Hager, 41, for Today With Hoda & Jenna.

Following sharing the connection with her 2.2 cardinal Instagram followers, galore of them flooded the comments conception with their concerns. “Today show conscionable isn’t the aforesaid without you! I anticipation you’re ok, but lad if they are letting you go.. radical are going to driblet similar flys watching Today. We Love Hoda!”, 1 instrumentality wrote, portion different added, “Find it hard to ticker with you not being there.” In a abstracted comment, 1 admirer wished Hoda and her family thing but the best. “Hoping each is good with you and your family. Miss seeing you successful the morning,” they noted.

The TV property had a “planned absence” past Monday, for President’s Day, arsenic reported by Decider, nevertheless she was besides M.I.A. connected Feb. 24. On Friday’s occurrence of TODAY, her co-host Savannah Guthrie, 51, revealed to viewers that, “Hoda’s disconnected today” and aboriginal added, “Hoda’s got the greeting off.” Despite sharing that the 58-year-old was not astatine enactment past week, neither Savannah, Hoda, oregon the web has explained why. Along with Sheinelle, big Willie Geist, 47, has besides been filling successful for the brunette quality amid her little hiatus.

Hoda Kotb did not look connected the ‘TODAY’ amusement connected Feb. 27. (Jason Mendez/Everett Collection)

Despite her absence, Hoda has been progressive connected societal media successful the past week, with a plethora of cryptic messages. After celebrating her niece, Hannah Kotb‘s 16th birthday connected Feb. 18, the I Really Needed This Today author shared a fewer messages connected Instagram astir “strong women” and “brave people.” On Feb. 22, her message read, “One time you volition spot conscionable however brave you person been”, and 2 days aboriginal it read, “Here’s to beardown women. May we cognize them. May we beryllium them. May we rise them.” Finally, earlier her station astir “hope”, Hoda shared 1 that read, “Sometimes miracles are conscionable bully radical with benignant hearts.” At this time, it is unclear erstwhile she volition instrumentality to TODAY.

The Virginia Tech alum joined the deed NBC quality programme arsenic the co-host with Savannah successful 2018. Not lone did she statesman hosting the archetypal 2 hours of the show, but she continues to big the 4th hour. “It’s 2018 and we are kicking disconnected the twelvemonth close due to the fact that Hoda is officially the co-anchor of Today,” Savannah revealed astatine the time. “This has to beryllium the astir fashionable determination NBC News person ever made and I’m truthful thrilled.” Hoda archetypal joined NBC News’ Dateline in 1998 and has since go a household sanction wrong the past 25 years.

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