Hoda Kotb’s mom crew bought a little bit rebranding.
The former “Today” co-host and a group of her friends celebrated the launch of her wellness app, Joy 101, at Pier 59 in New York on Wednesday evening.
The group, which has made appearances on “Today,” launched themselves to writer and TV character Bevy Smith as Kotb’s “mom friend group” at the party, with one including: “That’s such a lame name.”
Smith, who has a protracted historical past in the trend biz, advised the racy acronym “MFers” as an alternative, which, she defined, is a spin on the initials of “mom friends.”
They cherished it, we’re advised.
Kotb’s “Today” present crew together with Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Jenna (*101*)-Hager, Dylan Dreyer, and her replacement Craig Melvin had been all there to fete her on her new wellness enterprise. Pals Gayle King, Lucy Liu, and, Rosanna Scotto, and Andy Cohen additionally turned out to congratulate her.
Kotb appeared radiant in a gold robe as she posed for photos with her broadcasting friends on the purple carpet.
“Today” viewers have been conscious for a while that the TV veteran’s youngest daughter, Hope, has been battling an sickness. But Kotb solely just lately defined precisely what sickness she has.
At the bash Kotb advised “Extra” why she determined to reveal the diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.
“I was posting a couple of pictures of Hope — I don’t do it often, but I did — and I noticed her Dexcom and her Omnipod, which are devices that kids with diabetes have, were very prominent, and I just didn’t say anything about it, put it out there,” she mentioned. When followers requested if the tot has diabetes, Kotb hesitated to reply as a result of the info felt non-public. ” And then individuals had been asking me, ‘Well, does she have diabetes?’ and I used to be pondering to myself, ‘Well, that’s sort of her factor. It’s our factor,’ “But then I thought to myself, like, ‘A lot of kids have this’,” she mentioned.
“I felt like it’s part of her but not all of her, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of or worried about,” she mentioned, “In school when kids ask her, ‘What is that, Hope?,’ she goes, ‘Oh, it’s my diabetes thing. Anyway, you wanna swing?’ And I took a page from her. I’m like, ‘That’s right — that’s how you do it’.”
As for her new app, Kotb told “Extra,” “There’s so much wellness out there it’s like, why would you make something else? I thought that, too, but… I wanted something personalized, so this would be personalized for you. You’d put in your name, your age, what you’re looking for, the way you learn best — all these different things would be in — and it will give you your own curated program.”
Kotb’s massive evening ended with her doing a duet of “Fight Song” with Rachel Platten.
