{"id":75162,"date":"2023-03-01T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/hoda-kotbs-lengthy-today-show-absence-is-explained\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T14:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:30:51","slug":"hoda-kotbs-lengthy-today-show-absence-is-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/hoda-kotbs-lengthy-today-show-absence-is-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb&#8217;s Lengthy &#8216;Today&#8217; Show Absence Is Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Viewers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/nbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/today-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> grew worried over the past week as regular co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/hoda-kotb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoda Kotb<\/a> disappeared from the show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1083350\/hoda-kotb-today-show-absence-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without warning or explanation<\/a>; however, we now have an answer for her absence.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday (March 1) morning\u2019s broadcast, Kotb\u2019s co-worker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/craig-melvin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Melvin<\/a> shed some gentle on the state of affairs. \u201cAs for Hoda, we know some of you are wondering how she\u2019s doing. We can tell you that Hoda is okay, she has a family health matter that she\u2019s been dealing with,\u201d Melvin mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to seeing Hoda and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/savannah-guthrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Savannah [Guthrie]<\/a> back on the desk,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SavannahGuthrie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hodakotb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HodaKotb<\/a> are off right now, with Savannah recovering from a constructive COVID-19 analysis. As for Hoda, she is okay and dealing with a household well being matter. We\u2019re sending our like to them each and might\u2019t wait to see them within the studio quickly \ud83e\udde1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EcfVV1zsac\">pic.twitter.com\/EcfVV1zsac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1630909921322577922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Guthrie can also be absent from the morning program as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1083488\/savannah-guthrie-covid-today-show-nbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> she examined constructive for COVID-19<\/a> whereas the present was on the air on Tuesday. Fellow co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/sheinelle-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheinelle Jones<\/a> defined that Guthrie \u201cwasn\u2019t feeling great,\u201d so she took a COVID take a look at, which got here again constructive. \u201cAs soon as we found out, she rushed home to rest up. So Savannah, we love you, wishing you a speedy recovery,\u201d Jones mentioned on Tuesday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>With Kotb\u2019s and now Guthrie\u2019s non permanent absences, <em>Today<\/em> has seen numerous hosts filling in over the previous week, together with <em>Today third Hour<\/em>\u2018s Jones and Craig Melvin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/nbc-news-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>NBC News Now<\/em><\/a>\u2018s Tom Llamas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/sunday-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sunday Today<\/em><\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/willie-geist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willie Geist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans had become concerned about Kotb after the veteran broadcaster shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpIAOtCOskM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a cryptic social media post<\/a> on February 26, which read, \u201cSometimes miracles are just people with kind hearts.\u201d She followed this up on February 27 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpKt-CLrH4S\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a graphic that said<\/a>, \u201cChoose hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, <em>The Today Show<\/em> for keep all of us informed on their status. After watching both of them for years, I like many were concerned,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathleenDawo_If\/status\/1630911238099091457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote one fan on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod\u2019s velocity for each Savannah and Hoda. Two inspiring leaders. Two dynamic ladies. Two superior individuals. Be effectively. Speedy restoration needs,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaPa1995est\/status\/1630910746790883329?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted one other<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<p><strong><em>Today<\/em>, Week mornings, 7\/6 c, NBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Viewers of NBC\u2018s Today grew worried over the past week as regular co-host Hoda Kotb disappeared from the show without warning or explanation; however, we now have an answer for her absence. On Wednesday (March 1) morning\u2019s broadcast, Kotb\u2019s co-worker Craig Melvin shed some gentle on the state of affairs. \u201cAs for Hoda, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}