Hoda Kotb Praises Daughters' Fishing Skills After Both Hope and Haley Make Big Catches: 'What a Thrill'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hoda Kotb goes fishing with her daughters.Photo:Hoda Kotb/Instagram (2)

Hoda Kotb/Instagram (2)

Hoda Kotbis staying true to her promise of giving her daughtersmore of her timefollowing herexit fromToday.On Monday, Feb. 17, the former broadcaster, 60, shared pictures on herInstagramof her and her daughtersHope Catherine, 4, andHaley Joy, 8, enjoying a calm day outdoors fishing together. In the post, she shared a video of her daughter’s excited reaction to catching a fish.“Look at me go!” Hope said as Kotb pulled the fish out of the water.“Wait… whaaaattt— each of my girls caught a fish today!!” Kotb wrote in the caption. “#wowthrew em back— but what a thrill!“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Kotb’s focus shifted from work to family in September 2024 when she announced herdeparture fromTodayas co-anchor. The proud mom said that her daughters “need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie.“For Kotb,building her life around her childrenhas brought a greater joy than she could have imagined. The mom of two welcomed her childrenthrough adoption in 2017at 52 years old, after a breast cancer battle and a subsequent divorce left her assuming motherhood wasn’t in the cards.“Family to me is everything— and having one of my own is something I never thought I’d have,” she shared with PEOPLE.“I always imagined family as my mom, my dad, my brother, my sister,” she explained. “I envisioned it that way until I was 50. Imagine someone saying, ‘Hey, guess what? You’re actually going to have a wholeotherfamily.’ It still surprises me! It delights me to know that I have Haley and Hope.“Hoda Kotb and her daughters, Haley and Hope.Hoda Kotb/InstagramKotb shares Haley and Hope with her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman. Although the former couplecalled off their engagementin early 2022, they still maintain a healthy co-parenting dynamic.“I have two incredible children I share with him. And it’s because of Joel that I have Haley and Hope, without question,” she shared with PEOPLE. “I think I might have been too afraid to do it alone.”

Hoda Kotbis staying true to her promise of giving her daughtersmore of her timefollowing herexit fromToday.

On Monday, Feb. 17, the former broadcaster, 60, shared pictures on herInstagramof her and her daughtersHope Catherine, 4, andHaley Joy, 8, enjoying a calm day outdoors fishing together. In the post, she shared a video of her daughter’s excited reaction to catching a fish.

“Look at me go!” Hope said as Kotb pulled the fish out of the water.

“Wait… whaaaattt— each of my girls caught a fish today!!” Kotb wrote in the caption. “#wowthrew em back— but what a thrill!”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Kotb’s focus shifted from work to family in September 2024 when she announced herdeparture fromTodayas co-anchor. The proud mom said that her daughters “need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie.”

For Kotb,building her life around her childrenhas brought a greater joy than she could have imagined. The mom of two welcomed her childrenthrough adoption in 2017at 52 years old, after a breast cancer battle and a subsequent divorce left her assuming motherhood wasn’t in the cards.

“Family to me is everything— and having one of my own is something I never thought I’d have,” she shared with PEOPLE.

“I always imagined family as my mom, my dad, my brother, my sister,” she explained. “I envisioned it that way until I was 50. Imagine someone saying, ‘Hey, guess what? You’re actually going to have a wholeotherfamily.’ It still surprises me! It delights me to know that I have Haley and Hope.”

Hoda Kotb and her daughters, Haley and Hope.Hoda Kotb/Instagram

Hoda Kotb/Instagram

Kotb shares Haley and Hope with her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman. Although the former couplecalled off their engagementin early 2022, they still maintain a healthy co-parenting dynamic.

“I have two incredible children I share with him. And it’s because of Joel that I have Haley and Hope, without question,” she shared with PEOPLE. “I think I might have been too afraid to do it alone.”

source: people.com