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Al Roker’s Quotes About His Health Through the Years

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He’s an open book. Al Roker has been honest about his health issues — but that wasn’t always the case.In 2002, Roker didn’t initially tell his Today colleagues​ about his gastric bypass surgery.

He admitted to USA Today later that year that he’d told them it was a gall bladder removal because he was “embarrassed,” but, weighing in over 300 pounds, Roker knew he needed to slim down for his health — and his family.He came to the conclusion while grieving his father’s death and getting ready for wife Deborah Roberts to give birth to their second child, son Nicholas. (The meteorologist also has daughter Courtney with ex-wife Alice Bell.) Roker said he realized he couldn’t give his daughter, Leila, piggyback rides due to knee pain.

He’d had his left knee replaced in 2001.“I felt horrible. I didn’t look good. I didn’t feel good,” he said at the time.He had the surgery and lost over 100 lbs.

More than 20 years later, Roker insisted it was difficult to maintain a healthy weight.“Every day is a struggle, every day,” the Emmy winner explained exclusively to Us Weekly in April 2022. “Anybody who struggles with their weight knows.

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