Hoda Kotb’s daughters have made their Christmas lists this 12 months, however the mother of two is checking it twice — and scratching this specific reward off.
The Right this moment co-host, 60, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday, Dec. 18, and shared that her daughters Hope, 5, and Haley, 7, whom she shares with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, actually need a particular current for Christmas this 12 months.
“They need make-up, however what’s that about?” Kotb requested on the present. “That isn’t taking place. What are we speaking about? All these little youngsters, like younger youngsters, 7, 8, 9, are into skincare and stuff. However we do not have that in my home. That is an enormous no.”
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Fortunately, her ladies aren’t solely asking for make-up this 12 months.
“They requested Santa for magic units. They like magic units,” she stated. “They like American Woman dolls. What else are they into? They’re into something with bubbles.”
That is the primary 12 months Kotb and her ladies will spend Christmas within the suburbs after the household of three moved out of New York Metropolis earlier this 12 months.
Shortly after the large transfer, Kotb revealed the information that she’d bought a minivan for her household. ”
Guys, I am getting a minivan! A Toyota Sienna!” she cheered on the Nov. 14 episode of Right this moment with Hoda & Jenna. “I am so excited. I’ve wished a Toyota Sienna for a very long time.”
Kotb then hilariously imitated the movement of the automated sliding doorways on her new automotive, saying, “You push the buttons, click on! And the doorways go whoosh.”
“And, let me clarify, me and a minivan is sort of a dream,” she continued. “I’ve wished it and I have not had it. Additionally, I’m typically carpool mother. I can solely take three youngsters as a result of there is not any different room. Not anymore! I can’t await it.”
After asserting the information, Kotb admitted a number of days later that she’d already hidden from her daughters in her new automotive. On a Wednesday, Nov. 20 episode of Right this moment with Hoda & Jenna, co-host Jenna Bush Hager requested, “Have you ever [gone] in there to cover out of your kids but?”
Admitting that she had, Kotb defined that the day earlier than, she “cased out my very own home. I sat exterior and I did not go in…However I used to be within the automotive. So I used to be casing and ready.”