‘Today’ Anchor Hoda Kotb’s Family Album With Daughters, Mother Sameha Kotb and Loved Ones: Photos

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Expanding her family! Hoda Kotb has often gushed about how her loved ones have defined her life — especially after the arrival of daughters Haley and Hope.The Today anchor became a mother when she adopted her little ones in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

Kotb celebrated the milestone with then-partner Joel Schiffman. The former couple started dating in 2013 and got engaged after six years together in 2019.Over the years, Hoda credited mother Sameha Kotb for inspiring her approach to parenting. “She was a great mom.

She was strict,” she told Today in 2016. “That was how we lived. You understood what no meant. There was no ‘But everyone else is doing it.’ She couldn’t have cared less what anyone else was doing.”Hoda praised her mom for always being there for her, adding, “I think everyone needs an always.

Someone who you look up and you say, ‘No matter where I am, no matter what I’m going through, no matter what I’m doing, I’ll look up, and there they’ll be.’”In July 2021, Hoda opened up about her plans to potentially adopt another child with Schiffman. “Apparently it’s really slow during this time, during COVID,” she told Andy Cohen in an interview. “I thought it would be a different game.