Hoda Kotb
Hoda Kotb is a broadcast journalist, television personality, and author from the United States. She is a co-host of the NBC News morning show Today and a co-anchor of the show's entertainment-focused fourth hour. Kotb previously worked as a correspondent for Dateline NBC, a television news magazine program. Kotb was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and spent childhood in Morgantown, West Virginia, and Alexandria, Virginia. Throughout the 1990s, she lived in New Orleans.
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| Real name | Hoda Kotb |
| DOB | August 9, 1964 |
| Age | 57 |
| Nationality | American |
| Employer | NBC News |
| Famously Known For | Co-anchor of the Today show (2018–present) Co-anchor of the fourth hour of the Today show (2008–present) Dateline NBC correspondent (1998–present) |
Career Of Hoda Kotb
After college, Kotb's first on-air position was at CBS station WXVT in Greenville, Mississippi. From 1988 to 1989, Kotb worked as a reporter for ABC station WQAD in Moline, Illinois. From 1989 until 1991, she worked as a weekend anchor and reporter for CBS station WINK in Fort Myers, Florida. Kotb worked as an anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1992 to 1998. Martina McBride invited Kotb to appear in her music video for "I'm Gonna Love You Through It," a ballad devoted to cancer survivors, in 2011.
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Where Is Hoda Kotb This Week?
On Monday, Hoda joined her co-host, Jenna Bush Hager, for Today's fourth hour, which was a pleasant surprise to many watching at home. After multiple guest hosts filled in for Hoda last week, viewers of the NBC morning show began to wonder where she was. But, just as abruptly as she had departed, she reappeared. The TV journalist went on to say that "after going nearly 10 days without it," she is now making an effort only to use her phone when necessary. Honda stated that the experience influenced her that she doesn't want to go back to hunching over her phone.
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Is Hoda Kotb Sick?
Hoda Kotb is the latest NBC host to admit to having COVID-19 and was absent from Thursday's broadcast of Today. On Thursday, the Today co-host announced that she had tested positive with the coronavirus and tweeted, "Thank you for your kind words! I'm doing great; I can't wait to see you all when I'm out of the hospital! Xo''.
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What Is Hoda Kotb Ethnicity?
Hoda Kotb belongs to the Egyptian Arabic ethnic group. Her parents, A.K. and Samaha Kotb, were born in Egypt and moved to the United States, despite being born in Norman, Oklahoma, and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, and Alexandria, Virginia. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1982 after graduating from Fort Hunt High School. She chose Virginia Tech to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. In college, she was a Beta Nu Chapter member of the Delta Delta Delta women's sorority. Kotb was the keynote speaker at her alma mater's 2008 commencement ceremony, and she played Metallica's Enter Sandman on her iPod during her speech. Kotb was elected to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors for a three-year term in 2010.
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