Hoda Kotb signals to her daughters during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast on Nov. 23, 2023.Photo:Today Show/X
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Hoda Kotblet her girls know she was thinking of them while working onThanksgiving.
Kotb, 56,made a subtle gestureto her daughtersHope, 4, andHaley, 6, during theMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradebroadcast to let them know they were on her mind.
Kotbdiscussed the traditionon Wednesday’s episode ofToday, explaining, “Every year, I do a signal for my kids so that they know that Momma is looking at them.”
“So what do you normally do for your kids?” co-hostJenna Bush Hagerasked. Kotb replied, “Haley and Hope think I should do, I should blow a kiss.”
Turning to the older of the two girls, who stood stage-side, Bush Hager, 41, asked, “But Haley, what has she normally done?”
“She pulls her ear,” Haley shared.
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Joking about how she and Bush Hager signal to each other before going on air to indicate someone has lipstick on their teeth, Kotb said this year she would pretend to wipe lipstick from her teeth and have that be the signal to her girls.
“I told her that might be too dramatic but I’m into it,” Bush Hager said with a laugh, noting that viewers will now be looking out for it.
After a “triple dog dare” from her co-host, Kotb could be seen during the parade, slipping in both the ear tug and the tooth wipe as she covered the special event.
Hoda Kotb signals to her daughters during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast on Nov. 23, 2023.Today Show/X
source: people.com
