Hoda Kotb isn’t holding anything back. In a candid new interview, the Today star admitted that she once “begged” God for “terrible” days with babies before she adopted daughters Haley and Hope.
While sitting down with co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, she chronicled a sh—-y day when she was up in the middle of the night with Haley and her dog pooped all over the floor then ran into a wall, subsequently breaking a picture frame. But she noted that before she became a mom, she hoped and wished for moments like that. Click through the gallery above for more on Hoda’s confession!
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"You're just, like, sitting there and the world's exploding," Hoda began.
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"I remember having a short conversation with God," she continued. "And I remember saying, 'I would have begged you for this day.'"
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The 54-year-old further emphasized how before she and boyfriend Joel Schiffman adopted their daughters, she longed for a day like that as a mom.
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"Like, this terrible day, I would have begged on my knees for. So I remember I just literally took one breath, put her in the playpen, cleaned up ... but I remembered, for a second, having that awareness," she said.
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And she does her best to recall those hard days when times are tough with her two young girls.
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"I try to check myself on those rough days," Hoda told Savannah. "And say, 'Remember when you were on your knees asking and begging for this moment? Take it.'"
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"You're just, like, sitting there and the world's exploding," Hoda began.
"I remember having a short conversation with God," she continued. "And I remember saying, 'I would have begged you for this day.'"
The 54-year-old further emphasized how before she and boyfriend Joel Schiffman adopted their daughters, she longed for a day like that as a mom.
"Like, this terrible day, I would have begged on my knees for. So I remember I just literally took one breath, put her in the playpen, cleaned up ... but I remembered, for a second, having that awareness," she said.
And she does her best to recall those hard days when times are tough with her two young girls.
"I try to check myself on those rough days," Hoda told Savannah. "And say, 'Remember when you were on your knees asking and begging for this moment? Take it.'"
